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Related but mutated? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

altered

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'mutated?' is the definition.
(mutating is a kind of altering)

'related' is the wordplay.
'related' anagrams to 'ALTERED'.
Though, I am not clear how this is indicated.

'but' is the link.

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(Other definitions for altered that I've seen before include "Metamorphosed" , "Converted" , "Change" , "Reformed" , "Different" .)

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