MUTAGENESIS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An event capable of causing a mutation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("mutagenesis" is a kind of...):

cause (events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something)

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

insertional mutagenesis ((genetics) a mutation caused by the insertion of exogenous DNA into a genome)

Holonyms ("mutagenesis" is a part of...):

chromosomal mutation; genetic mutation; mutation ((genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism)

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