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mu·ta·tionBrE /mjuːˈteɪʃn/NAmE /mjuːˈteɪʃn/ noun [U, C] (biology 生物) a process in which the genetic material of a person, a plant or an animal changes in structure when it is passed on to children, etc., causing different physical characteristics to develop; a change of this kind （生物物种的）突变，变异◆cells affected by mutation 受到突变影响的细胞◆genetic mutations 基因突变 biology, biotechnology, breed, cell, chromosome, DNA, gene, mutation, organism, protein [U, C] a change in the form or structure of sth （形式或结构的）转变，改变◆(linguistics 语言学) vowel mutation 元音变化 |