The Atacama Desert, a 1000km stretch of parched wasteland, separates it from Peru to the north. And to the west, only a few islands dotted in the Pacific Ocean break the waves that roll onto Chileâs coast from Australasia.
What is a mutation? A mutation is a change that occurs in our DNA sequence, either due to mistakes when the DNA is copied or as the result of environmental factors such as UV light and cigarette smoke.
Mutation is the act or process of changing into a different form, or someone or something with an odd or unusual form. When a woman drinks alcohol when she is pregnant and causes the cells of the fetus to change and morph into abnormal cells, this process of the cells changing is an example of mutation.