mutant (redirected from Mutants)

mutant /mu·tant/ (mūt´'nt)

1. an organism that has undergone genetic mutation.

2. produced by mutation.

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mu·tant (mytnt)

n.

An organism possessing one or more genes that have undergone mutation.

adj.

Resulting from or undergoing mutation.

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mutant

[myo̅o̅′tənt]

Etymology: L, mutare, to change

1  n, any individual or organism with genetic material that has undergone mutation.

2  adj, relating to or produced by mutation.

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mutant,

n an individual showing a mutation.

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mutant

1. an organism with a mutant gene which expresses itself in the phenotype.

2. a normal organism that is genetically different in one or more characteristics from an arbitrarily defined, previously existing 'wild-type' organism.

3. produced by a change in the nucleotide sequence of the genome.

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conditional lethal mutant

mutations that occur in viruses, rendering them unable to grow under certain conditions which can be controlled experimentally. See permissive temperature.

defective interfering mutant

see defective interfering virus.

ts mutant

see temperature-sensitive.