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macromutation
[ mak-roh-myoo-tey-shuhn ]
noun
Genetics.
- a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of macromutation1
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Example Sentences
I had not discovered a macromutation.
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