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What exactly is a mutation? It seems to be always phrased as a negative, but isn't basically every gamete cell a mutation because they are all different from crossing over/independent assortment? Does an allele have to have a genetic disease to be a mutation?

by /u/mavsman221 in /r/askscience

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