genetic mutation

Noun genetic mutation has 1 sense

• genetic mutation(n = noun.event) chromosomal mutation, mutation - (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism;
is a kind of alteration, change, modification
has particulars: deletion, inversion, transposition, gene mutation, point mutation, reversion, saltation
has parts: mutagenesis