Muton

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A unit of mutation forming part of a recon.
  2. 2
    the smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur wordnet

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mutation unitmutational eventmutational unit

Etymology

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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