What's the proper name/term for genetic abberation after birth?

Subject: What's the proper name/term for genetic abberation after birth?

Date: Sun Jan 13 15:58:02 2002
Posted by Isaac
Grade level: grad (science) School: ITT Technical Institute
City: Troy State/Province: Michigan Country: United States
Area of science: Genetics
ID: 1010955482.Ge

Message:


If a mutant is something that is born possessing genetic traits that it's 
parents didn't, what do you call somethat that has suffered some sort of 
genetic alteration or damage AFTER it's been born?  Would that still be called 
a mutant?

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