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are mutants & mutations , as seen in the x-men movies, actually possible?

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In biology, Mutations are the sudden changes that takes place in the DNA sequence of an organism. These are the permanent changes that can be either induced or occur naturally leading to the variation in the populations. Whereas, mutant is the product of mutation and it could be genotype cell, a polypeptide chain or an individual. However, what is shown in movies or the characters presented there are fictitious.

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