plural of aspirate mutation

plural of hard mutation

plural of mixed mutation

plural of stem mutation

plural of vowel mutation

(genetics) A genetic mutation that either inserts or deletes a number of nucleotides that is not divisible by three (i.e., a non-integer number of codons), altering the reading frame of the portion of the gene downstream of the mutation and causing it to code for a completely different protein sequence.

An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances.

(linguistics) An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances; lenition.

An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances.

(linguistics) An etymological phenomenon when a new word or slang term develops from shortening and slightly altering a longer word.