muton

n. [生]突变子

词形变化

mutons 复数 mutons

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A unit of mutation forming part of a recon.

    生物 医学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

base nucleotide

词源

Contracted form of mutation + -on, coined by American molecular biologist Seymour Benzer in 1957 as "[t]he unit of mutation […] defined as the smallest element that, when altered, can give rise to a mutant form of the organism."

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