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MUTAGENESIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An event capable of causing a mutation
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mutagenesis" is a kind of...):
cause (events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mutagenesis"):
insertional mutagenesis ((genetics) a mutation caused by the insertion of exogenous DNA into a genome)
Holonyms ("mutagenesis" is a part of...):
chromosomal mutation; genetic mutation; mutation ((genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism)
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