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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 affected
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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)