| mutagenesis |
Change(s) in the genetic constitution of a cell through alterations to its DNA.
Ãâó: www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E16.htm
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| mutant |
An organism or an allele that differs from the wild type because it carries one or more genetic changes in its DNA. A mutant organism may carry mutated gene(s) (= gene mutation); mutated chromosome(s) (= chromosome mutation); or mutated genome(s) (= genome mutation). aka a variant.
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| muton |
A term coined by Benzer for the smallest mutable site within a cistron. The smallest part of a gene that can be involved in a mutation event; now known to be a single nucleotide pair.
Ãâó: helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/glossary/lm.htm
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| mutation rate |
The number of mutation events per gene per unit of time (for example, per cell generation). The proportion of mutations per cell division in bacteria or single-celled organisms or the proportion of mutations per gamete in higher organisms.
Ãâó: helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/glossary/lm.htm
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| mutant |
Of an organism, population, gene, chromosome, etc.: Differing from the corresponding wild type by changes in one or more loci. (16)
Ãâó: ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary/Defs_M.htm
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