Mutants

"We were each born with a gift that normal humans weren't. Whatever they think of us it is our duty to use those gifts to protect humanity."
— Charles Xavier

In biology and especially genetics, a mutant is an organism or a new genetic character arising or resulting from an instance of mutation, which is a base-pair sequence change within the DNA of a gene or chromosome of an organism. The natural occurrence of genetic mutations is integral to the process of evolution. The study of mutants is an integral part of biology; by understanding the effect that a mutation in a gene has, it is possible to establish the normal function of that gene.

Mutants are beings either born with or given superhuman abilities not normally native to their own race. Mutants are especially popular in Marvel (but by no means exclusive to that setting).

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