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mutation vs point mutation

point mutation vs mutation

mutation and point mutation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mutation Yes No No No
point mutation Yes No No No
As nouns, point mutation is a hyponym of mutation; that is, point mutation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mutation:
  • mutation: (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
  • point mutation: (genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene
Other hyponyms of mutation include deletion, inversion, transposition, gene mutation, reversion, saltation.
mutation (noun) point mutation (noun)
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism (genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene
a change or alteration in form or qualities
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
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