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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 These cells have been affected by mutation. 这些细胞已经受到突变的影响。 The disease is caused by genetic mutations. 这种疾病是由基因突变所致。
Extra ExamplesTopics Biologyc1The genetic material has suffered a mutation. 这种基因材料发生了突变。 The protein contained a mutation. 这种蛋白质有一个变异。 These cells carry a mutation affecting the prevention mechanism. 这些细胞携带有影响预防机制的变异。
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a change in the form or structure of something （形式或结构的）转变，改变 - (
linguistics 语言学 vowel mutation 元音变化 In Celtic languages such as Welsh, there is a process of mutation affecting the beginning sound of a word, according to the word which comes before it. 在凯尔特语如威尔士语中，有一个影响一个单词的开始音的突变过程，根据它前面的单词。 This essay examines the mutation of ethnic politics into nationalist politics. 本文考察了民族政治向民族主义政治的转变。
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin mutatio(n-), from mutare ‘to change’.