mutants
Organisms with alterations
Mutants are organisms that have undergone mutation—a change in genetic structure that produces traits different from the parent or original form.
In biology, mutations drive evolution and can be neutral, harmful, or beneficial.
In popular culture, especially comics and science fiction, mutants are characters with extraordinary abilities resulting from genetic anomaly: The X-Men are mutants with superhuman powers.
The term can be used loosely or humorously for anyone or anything that seems abnormally different: These strawberries are mutants—look at the size of them.
Mutant superhero collective
- MarvelSuperhero media conglomerate
- superpowersCapabilities beyond human limits
- WolverineMutant with indestructible claws
- CyclopsOne-eyed giant of myth
Magneto · Storm · Jean Grey · Professor X · Beast · Colossus · heroes · villains
Hereditary code molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
- genomeOrganism's total hereditary material
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- allelesVariant forms of genes
heredity · phenotype · genotype · variation · dominant · recessive · inheritance · polymorphism
Extreme data points
- anomaliesDepartures from expected patterns
- deviantsPeople breaking social norms
- misfitsThose who don't belong
- freaksUnusual people or things
aberrations · nonconformists · eccentrics · mavericks · outcasts · pariahs · oddities
Of atomic energy
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- radioactiveEmitting nuclear decay particles
- gammaGreek alphabet's third
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
isotopes · ionizing · Chernobyl · Fukushima · irradiated · plutonium · uranium · cesium
Living biological entity
- strainExcessive stretching force
- variantDiffering form of something
- specimenIndividual for examination
- hybridThing of mixed parentage
clone · chimera · freak · monstrosity · aberration · deformity · abnormality · creature
X-Men
Mutant superhero collective
- MarvelSuperhero media conglomerate
- superpowersCapabilities beyond human limits
- WolverineMutant with indestructible claws
Magneto · Cyclops · Storm · Jean Grey · Professor X · Beast · Colossus · heroes · villains · Phoenix
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
- genomeOrganism's total hereditary material
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
alleles · heredity · phenotype · genotype · variation · dominant · recessive · inheritance · polymorphism · deletion
outliers
Extreme data points
- anomaliesDepartures from expected patterns
- deviantsPeople breaking social norms
- misfitsThose who don't belong
freaks · aberrations · nonconformists · eccentrics · mavericks · outcasts · pariahs · oddities
nuclear
Of atomic energy
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- radioactiveEmitting nuclear decay particles
- gammaGreek alphabet's third
contamination · isotopes · ionizing · Chernobyl · Fukushima · irradiated · plutonium · uranium · cesium · dosimeter
organism
Living biological entity
- strainExcessive stretching force
- variantDiffering form of something
- specimenIndividual for examination
hybrid · clone · chimera · freak · monstrosity · aberration · deformity · abnormality · creature · offspring
- classic sci-fiAsimov, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Clarke, Ray Bradbury
- X-MenX-Men, Wolverine, Magneto, Cyclops, Storm
- Post-Apocalypsewasteland, fallout, survivors, apocalypse, collapse
- superhumanssuperhumans, metahumans, superheroes, supervillains, capes
- immortalsgods, deities, divine beings, immortals, eternals
- Japanese sci-fimecha, anime, manga, kaiju, Gundam
mutantsconformists
Those obeying social norms
normals · regulars · archetypes · prototypes · exemplars
mutantshumans
Homo sapiens members
ordinary people · normals · mundanes · civilians · antimutant
- Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesHumanoid reptile crimefighters
- mutant powersSupernatural abilities from genetic deviation
- mutant gene
- mutant strainGenetically altered organism type