Alternate mutation Synonyms

Definitions for Alternate


  • (verb) go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
  • (verb) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
  • (verb) do something in turns

Definitions for Mutation


  • (noun) a change or alteration in form or qualities
  • (noun) (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
  • (noun) (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration