mutation

mutación

Cambio en la información de los genes que puede transmitirse a las generaciones siguientes.

En inglés sencillo: A change in the information inside genes that can pass to future generations.

• This mutation affects eye color.
• Some mutations pass from parents to children.
• Scientists found a mutation that protects against the disease.

Cómo se usa: mutation in something (They found a mutation in the gene.)

Sinónimos: genetic change

Expresiones frecuentes: genetic mutation, gene mutation, harmful mutation

cambio, transformación

Cambio en la forma, la naturaleza o las características de algo.

En inglés sencillo: A change in the form, nature, or character of something.

• The style underwent a gradual mutation.
• Each mutation of the tradition reflected a new generation.
• The book follows the mutation of a small club into a political movement.

Cómo se usa: mutation of something into something (The essay describes the mutation of a protest into a movement.)

Sinónimos: change, transformation, alteration

Expresiones frecuentes: cultural mutation, gradual mutation, mutation of something

mutante

Ser vivo que resulta de un cambio en los genes.

En inglés sencillo: A living thing produced by a change in its genes.

• The pale plant was a mutation.
• Only one mutation survived among the young fish.
• They bred the new mutation for its unusual leaf shape.

Sinónimos: mutant

Expresiones frecuentes: a rare mutation, a new mutation