mutagenesis

mutagenesis /mu·ta·gen·e·sis/ (mu?tah-jen´e-sis)

1. the production of change.

2. the induction of genetic mutation.

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mu·ta·gen·e·sis (myt-jn-ss)

n. pl. mu·ta·gen·e·ses (-sz)

The formation or development of a mutation.

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mutagenesis,

n the induction or occurrence of a genetic mutation.

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mutagenesis

the process of inducing genetic mutation.

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site directed mutagenesis

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