mutagenic
Adjective
Meaning
capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution)
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Examples
A dietary supplement can supply vitamin D without this mutagenic effect, but bypasses natural mechanisms that would prevent overdoses of vitamin D generated internally from sunlight.
A second source was induced by mutagenic levels of gamma rays, which putatively silenced one of the genes involved in PPD genesis.
A transition can be caused by nitrous acid, base mis-pairing, or mutagenic base analogs such as BrdU.
However, many such as PAHs, aromatic amines, benzene are not necessarily mutagenic by themselves, but through metabolic processes in cells they produce mutagenic compounds.
Sister chromatid exchange is a symmetrical exchange of chromosome material between sister chromatids and may be correlated to the mutagenic or carcinogenic potential of a chemical.
Foiled by the hacker's work, SHODAN prepares to seed Earth with a mutagenic virus—the same one responsible for turning the station's crew into mutants.