The Essentials: Disambiguation with an Unfortunate Loss of Meaning, or Not

Are these two sequences the same?

⁞A⁞B⁞C⁞D⁞E⁞F⁞G⁞H⁞I⁞J⁞K⁞L⁞M⁞N⁞O⁞P⁞Q⁞R⁞S⁞T⁞U⁞V⁞W⁞X⁞Y⁞Z⁞

⁞A⁞B⁞C⁞D⁞E⁞F⁞G⁞H⁞I⁞J⁞K⁞L⁞W⁞N⁞O⁞P⁞Q⁞R⁞S⁞T⁞U⁞V⁞W⁞X⁞Y⁞Z⁞

According to the X-MenWikipedia page, “Creator Stan Lee devised the series title after Marvel publisher Martin Goodman turned down the initial name, "The Mutants", stating that readers would not know what a "mutant" was.”

I have to agree with Martin but at the same time X doesn’t explain much either.  There are two schools of thought on the etymology of the X.  Some say X is an homage to the founder of the troupe, professor Xavier, while others believe X is for extra abilities (and that Xavier would never have been so conceded to name his team after himself).  As I scoured the fandom for more answers I came across a message board response to a different ambiguity that covers my question as well. It reads as follows.

“It's made up, it's ALL MADE UP."

Thank you cripticgeek you couldn’t have cleared it up any better. That’s the beauty of fiction and science fiction. It’s not real and it doesn’t have to be. 

Science on the other hand by definition must stay in the realm of the real and therefore it seeks a clear understanding of terms and conditions.  Mutation is a term and a concept that is explained by science and also helps us answer the question at the outset of this post.

Are these two sequences the same?

⁞A⁞B⁞C⁞D⁞E⁞F⁞G⁞H⁞I⁞J⁞K⁞L⁞M⁞N⁞O⁞P⁞Q⁞R⁞S⁞T⁞U⁞V⁞W⁞X⁞Y⁞Z⁞

⁞A⁞B⁞C⁞D⁞E⁞F⁞G⁞H⁞I⁞J⁞K⁞L⁞W⁞N⁞O⁞P⁞Q⁞R⁞S⁞T⁞U⁞V⁞W⁞X⁞Y⁞Z⁞

A legitimate scientific answer to this question is, “Yes – but it has a mutation.”

Mutation is in fact a primary factor in creating the variety in populations that I’ve been describing throughout The Essentials series. The mutation in the alphabetical sequence above would be classified as a mutation within a gene, or, a point mutation.  As described earlier in ATCG: The ABC’s of DNA, the alphabet that composes the genetic code isn’t made up of 26 characters but of 4 nucleotide bases.  Still it is mutations of these sequences that creates genetic diversity and makes evolution possible.