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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Genetics, Mutagenesis. | Aug 13, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Remixing Open Textbooks through an Equity Lens - Chromosomes, Genes, and Traits: An Introduction to Genetics [Revised Edition] - Mutation. | Feb 25, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Trends in Genetics - Hotspots of Human Mutation. | Oct 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Genetics, Mutagenesis. | Jun 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Grand Valley Pressbooks - Human Genetics - Mutations. | Apr 08, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indian Academy of Sciences - Why are most mutations recessive? (PDF). | Dec 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iowa State University Digital Press - Crop Genetics - Mutations and Variation. | Sep 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Health - Hereditary and Acquired Gene Mutations: Differences in Cancer. | May 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of California, Berkeley - Understanding Evolution - The causes of mutations. | Apr 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Genetics - What is Mutation? | Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iowa State University Digital Press - DNA Mutations. | Nov 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences - Muons, mutations, and planetary shielding. | Nov 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Mutation. | Sep 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Genetic Mutation. | Mar 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Ways You Can Protect Your Genes From Mutations With a Healthy Lifestyle. | Feb 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Genetic Mutations in Humans. | Jan 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Mutations. | Nov 21, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - An introduction to genetic mutations. | Sep 06, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - What are Mutations? | Aug 26, 2022 | ||
| Added a video on genetic mutations and their effects on organisms. | Jan 03, 2020 | ||
| Added an image showing a karyotype of an individual with Down syndrome. | Oct 03, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Nov 21, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Biochemistry, Mutation. | Jun 01, 2018 | ||
| Added an illustration showing the effects of point mutations on codons in amino acids. | Aug 06, 2012 | ||
| In final paragraph, changed "using an mechanism that is prone to error" to "using a mechanism that is prone to error." | Aug 03, 2012 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 03, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Mutation. | Feb 07, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Kansas State University - Mutation, Mutagens, and DNA Repair. | Dec 06, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - The Molecular Basis of Mutation. | Dec 06, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Understanding Evolution - Mutations. | Dec 06, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Brooklyn College at Brooklyn - Mutation Definition. | Dec 06, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: North Dakota State University - Genes and Mutations. | Dec 06, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 19, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 11, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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