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mutagenesis

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mutagenesis /mu·ta·gen·e·sis/ (mu″tah-jen´ĕ-sis)
1. the production of change.
2. the induction of genetic mutation.

mu·ta·gen·e·sis (myt-jn-ss)
n. pl. mu·ta·gen·e·ses (-sz)
The formation or development of a mutation.

mutagenesis
[myo̅o̅′təjen′əsis]
the induction or occurrence of a genetic mutation. See also teratogenesis.

mutagenesis [mu″tah-jen´ĕ-sis]
the induction of genetic mutation.

mutagenesis,
n the induction or occurrence of a genetic mutation.

mutagenesis
the process of inducing genetic mutation.

site directed mutagenesis
a set of methods used to experimentally create specific changes in the nucleotide sequence of a gene.


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