Words · Rare
muton
5 letters · 5 distinct letters
- noun
the smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur
Word history
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."
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