MUTANT In biology and especially genetics, a mutant is an - TopicsExpress



          

MUTANT In biology and especially genetics, a mutant is an organism or a new genetic character arising or resulting from an instance of mutation, which is a base-pair sequence change within the DNA of a gene or chromosome of an organism. The natural occurrence of genetic mutations is integral to the process of evolution. The study of mutants is an integral part of biology; by understanding the effect that a mutation in a gene has, it is possible to establish the normal function of that gene
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:40:04 +0000

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