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Muton

A unit of mutation forming part of a recon.

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    A unit of mutation forming part of a recon.

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reconnoun(chiefly US, military slang) reconnaissance.
mutationnounAny alteration or change.
frameshift mutationnoun(genetics) A genetic mutation that either inserts or deletes a number of nucleotides that is not divisible by three (i.e., a non-integer number of codons), altering the reading frame of the portion of the gene downstream of the mutation and causing it to code for a completely different protein sequence.
mutagenesisnoun(genetics) The creation or formation of a genetic mutation.
neomutationnounA mutation that has not been previously described / recorded
rescuantnoun(genetics) A rescued mutation, typically in a virus.
retromutagenesisnoun(genetics) A reversal of normal mutagenesis that allows a mutation to escape being selected
hypermutationnoun(uncountable) Frequent mutation
transitionnounThe process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
backmutationnoun(genetics) A mutation that restores the original sequence and hence the original phenotype.
retromutationnoun(genetics) A mutation to a previous (typically an original) form.
macromutationnounA large-scale mutation.
hypermutagenesisnounSynonym of hypermutation.
remutationnounmutation again, or back to a previous form
subclonenoun(genetics) A clone or descendant of a mutant occurring in a previous clone
insertantnoun(genetics) A mutation that is inserted into a gene
constructverb(transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
neofunctionalizationnoun(genetics) The development of a new function of an existing group of genes by means of mutation.
mutagenizationnounThe process, or the result of, mutagenizing.
mutagenisationnounAlternative form of mutagenization. [The process, or the result of, mutagenizing.]

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