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muton

muton noun: a unit of mutation forming part of a recon.

Noun

muton (plural mutons)

  1. A unit of mutation forming part of a recon.

Forms of muton

pluralmutons

Origin of muton

Contracted form of mutation + -on, coined by American molecular biologist Seymour Benzer in 1957 as "[t]he unit of mutation […] defined as the smallest element that, when altered, can give rise to a mutant form of the organism."

Questions about muton

What does muton mean?
Muton means a unit of mutation forming part of a recon.
What part of speech is muton?
Muton is a noun.
What is the plural of muton?
The plural of muton is mutons.

Words near muton in the dictionary

  1. mutistic
  2. mutists
  3. Mutley
  4. mutlub
  5. Muto
  6. muton
  7. mutondo
  8. mutons
  9. Mutos
  10. mutoscope
  11. mutoscopes

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