Cell or Molecular Dysfunction
mutant
mu·tant [ myoot-nt ]
Definitions related to mutant:
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An altered form of an individual, organism, population, or genetic character that differs from the corresponding wild type due to one or more alterations (mutations).NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Organism that has undergone genetic mutation.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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