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hypermutability

hypermutability noun: the state of being hypermutable.

Noun

hypermutability (uncountable)

  1. The state of being hypermutable
    • This explains previous observations of a defect in bypass of damage in XP-V cells and cell extracts (82 ) and accounts for the marked hypermutability of XP-V cells in response to UV light and some chemical agents.1999 December 3, Tomas Lindahl, Richard D. Wood, “Quality Control by DNA Repair”, in Science, volume 286, number 5446, →DOI, pages 1897–1905

Origin of hypermutability

From hyper- + mutability.

Questions about hypermutability

What does hypermutability mean?
Hypermutability means the state of being hypermutable.
What part of speech is hypermutability?
Hypermutability is a noun.

Words near hypermutability in the dictionary

  1. hypermultiplets
  2. hypermuscle
  3. hypermuscles
  4. hypermuscular
  5. hypermuscularity
  6. hypermutability
  7. hypermutable
  8. hypermutagenesis
  9. hypermutagenic
  10. hypermutant
  11. hypermutants

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