mutagenesis

noun

mutagenesis

noun

Etymology From muta- + genesis.

1

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences The creation or formation of a genetic mutation.

Derived terms: antimutagenesis, epimutagenesis, hypermutagenesis, mutagenetic, mutagenic, retromutagenesis, transposon mutagenesis

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