transposon mutagenesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A biological process that allows genes to be transferred to a host organism's chromosome, interrupting or modifying the function of an extant gene on the chromosome and causing mutation.

Word forms

transposon mutagenesis
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