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mutagen /ˈmjuːtədʒ(ə)n /nounAn agent, such as radiation or a chemical substance, which causes genetic mutation.Among the mutagens that have been used to induce mutations, chemical mutagens administered in various ways have become especially popular....- The integrity and stability of the genetic material is continuously being threatened by endogenous and exogenous factors such as chemical mutagens and radiation.
- Cell-culture procedures, chemical mutagens, and radiation all have been applied in what people now refer to as traditional, or conventional, plant breeding for the better part of a century.
Derivativesmutagenesis /mjuːtəˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/ noun ...- We carried out several rounds of mutagenesis for each chromosome arm.
- He was preeminent in the fields of mutagenesis and radiation biology.
- We and others have shown that studies of mutagenesis in cultured mammalian cells can help predict carcinogenesis.
mutagenic /mjuːtəˈdʒɛnɪk / adjective ...- This cell line detects a wide variety of mutagenic lesions, including point mutations, deletions and various types of chromosomal aberrations.
- This suggests a mutagenic source different from germ cell replication.
- Substances which allow the Salmonella to grow are considered mutagenic.
mutagenicity /mjuːtədʒ(ə)ˈnɪsɪti/ nounOrigin1940s: from mutation + -gen. |