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Definition of Mutant

1. Noun. (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration.

2. Adjective. Tending to undergo or resulting from mutation. "A mutant gene"

3. Noun. An animal that has undergone mutation.

Definition of Mutant

1. Noun. Something which has mutated, which has one or more new characteristics from a mutation. ¹

2. Noun. (informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre. ¹

3. Adjective. That has undergone mutation. ¹

4. Adjective. (informal) Strange, abnormal, or bizarre. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mutant

1. something that undergoes mutation [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mutant

1. Refer to an organism, population, gene, or chromosome, etc. Which differs from the corresponding wild type by one or more mutations. (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mutant

mutageneses mutagenesis mutagenetic mutagenic mutagenically mutagenicities mutagenicity mutagenicity test mutagenicity tests mutagenize

mutagenized mutagens mutan synthetase mutanda mutandum mutant (current term) mutant gene mutants mutarotase mutarotation

mutarotations mutasarrif mutasarrifs mutase mutases mutasynthesis mutate mutated mutated contraction mutates

Literary usage of Mutant

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Comparison of M, mutant and normal plants derived from S636-1. Data on leaves and spikes are means as in Table 1. Coleoptile length was obtained at 20°C ..."

2. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"Tests made in 1913 of the A3 generation showed that the mutant had a minus sexual tendency since it gave good reactions with the plus races of two different ..."

3. Studies of Inheritance in Guinea-pigs and Rats by William Ernest Castle, Sewall Wright (1916)
"FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE "mutant" SERIES. Castle and Phillips described, under the name "mutants," 2 rats of the plus-selection series of very high grade ..."

4. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"In a few cases, it becomes a determinative agent in that particular structures are developed only under special external stimuli. The bar-eyed mutant of ..."

5. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"This finding illustrates the need to analyze mutants from individuals with high mutant frequencies at the molecular level in order to estimate hprt mutation ..."

6. 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)
"If TSG-mutant mice were to develop some or all of the ... Finally, TSG-mutant mice (usually embryos) provide a source of primary cells and cell lines that ..."

7. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"About half of the chimaeras gave germline transmissions and we are currently trying to get homozygous mutant mice by mating these heterozygous mice. ..."

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