A mutation is a change in the sequence of an organism's genetic material.

Mutation, mutations, or mutate may also refer to:

Film, television, and literature

  • Mutation (novel), a 1990 medical thriller by Robin Cook
  • Savage Land Mutates, a group of mutants in Marvel Comics
  • Human Mutation, a peer-reviewed medical journal of human genetics
  • The Mutations, a 1974 British horror film, also released as The Freakmaker
  • The Mutation (novel), a book in the Animorphs series, by K.A. Applegate
  • “Mutations”, an episode of The Good Doctor

Music

  • Mutation, the process of changing hexachords in medieval music theory
  • Mutation (organ stop), a type of organ stop that does not sound at unison or octave pitch
  • Mutations (RedHook album), 2024
  • Mutations (Beck album), 1998
  • Mutations (Fight album), 1994
  • Mutations (Vijay Iyer album), 2014
  • Mutations EP, 1992 EP by Orbital
  • Mutate (album), 1993 album by Battery
  • "Mutations", a song by Salt the Wound from their 2009 album, Ares
  • Mutation, a 2005 album by Donna Williams
  • "Mutations", a song by Nilüfer Yanya from her 2024 album My Method Actor

Sciences

  • Mutation (genetic algorithm), an operator in a genetic algorithm of computing
  • Mutation (algebra), an operation on algebras producing an algebra with a modified multiplication operation
  • Mutation (knot theory), an operation on a knot that creates different knots
  • Mutation (Jordan algebra), an operation on Jordan algebras that creates different Jordan algebras
  • Mutation of a seed, in the theory of cluster algebras
  • Apophony, in linguistics, a change in a sound in a word
  • Consonant mutation, in linguistics, a change in a consonant sound
  • Affection (linguistics) or vowel mutation, the change in the quality of a vowel under the influence of the following vowel in Celtic languages

Other

  • Voice change, the change in human voice during puberty
  • Mutation, division and transfer of land ownership in India; see Village accountant

See also

  • Mutant (disambiguation)
  • Transmutation (disambiguation)