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 a change in the encoded hereditary information in living things and viruses. Whether or not it's good or bad depends on what the effects of it are. And even that is relative. Example: A plant grows with a new mutation, the ability to produce a more powerful toxin in it's seed pods.