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tetramutant

tetramutant noun: a gene that has four mutations (often of the same type at different locations).

Noun

tetramutant (plural tetramutants)

  1. A gene that has four mutations (often of the same type at different locations)

Forms of tetramutant

pluraltetramutants

Origin of tetramutant

From tetra- + mutant.

Questions about tetramutant

What does tetramutant mean?
Tetramutant means a gene that has four mutations (often of the same type at different locations).
What part of speech is tetramutant?
Tetramutant is a noun.
What is the plural of tetramutant?
The plural of tetramutant is tetramutants.

Words near tetramutant in the dictionary

  1. tetramorph
  2. tetramorphic
  3. tetramorphism
  4. tetramorphous
  5. tetramorphs
  6. tetramutant
  7. tetramutants
  8. tetranaphthyl
  9. tetranaphthyls
  10. tetranaries
  11. tetranary

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