Mutants

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutants)

In biology and especially genetics, a mutant is an individual, organism, or new genetic character, arising or resulting from an instance of mutation, which is a base-pair sequence change within the DNA of a gene or chromosome of an organism resulting in the creation of a new character or trait not found in the wild type. (Wikipedia)

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20-Dec-2012

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