mutational

Adjective

Meaning

of or relating to or resulting from mutation

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

change standard transfer pattern changing shift transformation modification mutation metabolic abnormal eccentric alteration erratic mutable

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Antonyms

same standard conformity remain unchanged slight change

Examples

Ohno hypothesized that mammal genomes could not have more than 30,000 loci under selection before the "cost" from the mutational load would cause an inescapable decline in fitness, and eventually extinction. Source: Internet

Due to the ongoing production of mutant sequences, selection does not act on single sequences, but on mutational "clouds" of closely related sequences, referred to as quasispecies. Source: Internet

Providing no mutational event occurs the resulting daughter cells are genetically identical to the original cell. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mutation mutation of species mutation pressure mutational meltdown mutationally mutationism