mutation In biology, a mutation is an alteration in the nucleic acid sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA. Viral genomes contain either DNA or RNA. Mutations result from errors during DNA or viral replication, ...

is a change in the sequence of an organism's genetic material. Mutation, mutations, or mutate may also refer to:

Film, television, and literature

* ''Mutation'' (novel), a 1990 medical thriller by Robin Cook *

Savage Land Mutates The Savage Land Mutates is a supervillain group appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Their creators were writer Roy Thomas and penciler Neal Adams. Within the comic books, the group is based in an imaginary place called ...

, a group of mutants in Marvel Comics *''

Human Mutation ''Human Mutation'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal of human genetics published by Wiley-Liss on behalf of the Human Genome Variation Society. It first appeared in 1992. The founding editors-in-chief were Haig H. Kazazian and Richard G.H. Cot ...

'', a peer-reviewed medical journal of human genetics *''

The Mutations ''The Mutations'' (also known as ''The Mutation'', ''The Freaks'', and ''The Freakmaker'') is a low-budget 1974 British-American science fiction/horror film directed by Jack Cardiff. Plot Professor Nolter is a deranged genetic scientist, whose s ...

'', a 1974 British horror film, also released as ''The Freakmaker'' * ''The Mutation'' (novel), a book in the Animorphs series, by K.A. Applegate * “Mutations”, an episode of ''The Good Doctor''

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*Mutation, the process of changing

hexachord In music, a hexachord (also hexachordon) is a six- note series, as exhibited in a scale ( hexatonic or hexad) or tone row. The term was adopted in this sense during the Middle Ages and adapted in the 20th century in Milton Babbitt's serial t ...

s in medieval music theory * Mutation (organ stop), a type of organ stop that does not sound at unison or octave pitch * ''Mutations'' (RedHook album), 2024 * ''Mutations'' (Beck album), 1998 * ''Mutations'' (Fight album), 1994 * ''Mutations'' (Vijay Iyer album), 2014 * ''Mutations'' EP, 1992 EP by Orbital * ''Mutate'' (album), 1993 album by Battery *"Mutations", a song by Salt the Wound from their 2009 album, ''

Ares Ares (; , ''Árēs'' ) is the List of Greek deities, Greek god of war god, war and courage. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. The Greeks were ambivalent towards him. He embodies the physical valor necessary for ...

'' *''Mutation'', a 2005 album by

Donna Williams Donna Leanne Williams, also known by her married name Donna Leanne Samuel and as Polly Samuel (born Donna Keene; 12 October 1963 – 22 April 2017), was an Australian writer, artist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, and sculptor. In 1965, ag ...

*"Mutations", a song by Nilüfer Yanya from her 2024 album ''

My Method Actor ''My Method Actor'' is the third studio album by English singer Nilüfer Yanya, released on 13 September 2024 through Ninja Tune. It is Yanya's first album on the label, and follows her 2022 album '' Painless''. The album was preceded by the singl ...

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Mutation (genetic algorithm) In biology, a mutation is an alteration in the nucleic acid sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA. Viral genomes contain either DNA or RNA. Mutations result from errors during DNA or viral replication, ...

, an operator in a genetic algorithm of computing *

Mutation (algebra) In the theory of algebras over a field, mutation is a construction of a new binary operation related to the multiplication of the algebra. In specific cases the resulting algebra may be referred to as a homotope or an isotope of the original. Def ...

, an operation on algebras producing an algebra with a modified multiplication operation *

Mutation (knot theory) In the mathematics, mathematical field of knot theory, a mutation is an knot operation, operation on a knot that can produce different knots. Suppose ''K'' is a knot given in the form of a knot diagram. Consider a disc ''D'' in the projection pla ...

, an operation on a knot that creates different knots *

Mutation (Jordan algebra) In mathematics, a mutation, also called a homotope, of a unital Jordan algebra is a new Jordan algebra defined by a given element of the Jordan algebra. The mutation has a unit if and only if the given element is invertible, in which case the mutati ...

, an operation on Jordan algebras that creates different Jordan algebras *Mutation of a seed, in the theory of

cluster algebra Cluster algebras are a class of commutative rings introduced by . A cluster algebra of rank ''n'' is an integral domain ''A'', together with some subsets of size ''n'' called clusters whose union generates the algebra ''A'' and which satisfy variou ...

s *

Apophony In linguistics, apophony (also known as ablaut, (vowel) gradation, (vowel) mutation, alternation, internal modification, stem modification, stem alternation, replacive morphology, stem mutation, or internal inflection) is an alternation of vowe ...

, in linguistics, a change in a sound in a word *

Consonant mutation Consonant mutation is change in a consonant in a word according to its morphological or syntactic environment. Mutation occurs in languages around the world. A prototypical example of consonant mutation is the initial consonant mutation of al ...

, in linguistics, a change in a consonant sound *

Affection (linguistics) Affection (also known as vowel affection, infection or vowel mutation), in the linguistics of the Celtic languages, is the change in the quality of a vowel under the influence of the vowel of the following final syllable. It is a type of antici ...

or vowel mutation, the change in the quality of a vowel under the influence of the following vowel in Celtic languages

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Voice change A voice change or voice mutation, sometimes referred to as a voice break or voice crack, commonly refers to the deepening of the voice of men as they reach puberty. Before puberty both sexes have roughly similar vocal pitches, but during puberty ...

, the change in human voice during puberty *Mutation, division and transfer of land ownership in India; see

Village accountant A village accountant or karanam (Andhra Pradesh), patwari (Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Telangana, West Bengal), patowary (Assam), talati (Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra), lekhpal (Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand) is a government role in rural areas of t ...

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