genetic mutation - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism

Synonyms

• chromosomal mutation
• genetic mutation
• mutation

More generic

• alteration
• change
• modification

More specific

• deletion
• gene mutation
• inversion
• point mutation
• reversion
• saltation
• transposition

Related

• mutagenesis

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