Definition of Mutagenesis

1. Noun. An event capable of causing a mutation.

Generic synonyms: Cause
Group relationships: Chromosomal Mutation, Genetic Mutation, Mutation
Specialized synonyms: Insertional Mutagenesis

Definition of Mutagenesis

1. Noun. (genetics) the creation or formation of a genetic mutation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mutagenesis

1. [n -GENESES]

Medical Definition of Mutagenesis

1. The development of mutations. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mutagenesis

musæa
musæum
musæums
mut
muta
mutabilities
mutability
mutable
mutableness
mutably
mutacism
mutafacient
mutage
mutagen
mutageneses
mutagenesis (current term)
mutagenetic
mutagenic
mutagenically
mutagenicities
mutagenicity
mutagenicity test
mutagenicity tests
mutagenize
mutagenized
mutagens
mutan synthetase
mutanda
mutandum
mutant

Literary usage of Mutagenesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"In the meantime large scale mutagenesis screens have been successfully ... complex but no large scale systematic ENU-mutagenesis screen has been done so far ..."

2. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"We propose to take advantage of this easily recognizable phenotype to clone a dwarf allele using the strategy of insertion mutagenesis with a transposable ..."

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