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Mutation

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a change in the genetic material of an organism, or a change in general
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Stage 1 of 2
mutare
Latin · ancient
"to change"
to change, the root behind any alteration
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Stage 2 of 2
mutation
English · 1400s
"a change in an organism's genetic material"
settled as the biological word for a change in an organism's genetic material
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