MUTANT GENE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("mutant gene" is a kind of...):

cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mutant gene"):

CFTR; cystic fibrosis transport regulator (the gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis)

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