Betekenis van:
mutant

mutant
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
    • tending to undergo or resulting from mutation
    "a mutant gene"
    mutant
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • mutatie, heterogenesis
    • (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

    Synoniemen

    Hyperoniemen

    Hyponiemen

    mutant
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • mutant
    • an animal that has undergone mutation

    Hyperoniemen

    mutant
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • mutant
    • an animal that has undergone mutation

    Hyperoniemen


    Voorbeeldzinnen

    1. If a mutation is promoting survival in the environment, the mutant strain can become dominant;
    2. Essentially derived varieties may be obtained for example by the selection of a natural or induced mutant, or of a somaclonal variant, the selection of a variant individual from plants of the initial variety, backcrossing, or transformation by genetic engineering.
    3. The cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter, a non-translated region from the cDNA corresponding to the petunia gene encoding chlorophyll a/b binding protein 5, the SuRB (als) gene coding for a mutant acetolactate synthase protein (ALS), which confers tolerance to sulfonylurea, derived from Nicotiana tabacum, including its terminator.