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    MUTANT GENE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Classified under:

    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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