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MUTANT GENE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does mutant gene mean?

• MUTANT GENE (noun)
The noun MUTANT GENE has 1 sense:

1. a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected

Familiarity information: MUTANT GENE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MUTANT GENE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("mutant gene" is a kind of...):

cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)

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