mutagenesis
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of mutagenesis
From New Latin, dating back to 1950–55; see origin at mutation, -genesis
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"Xiangyu's comprehensive study of the structure highlights the advantage that a targeted, structurally guided approach has over large and costly random mutagenesis screening."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2023
Because both asexual and sexual reproduction is rapid, yeast has become an important organism for the experimental investigation of mutagenesis and evolution among eukaryotes.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
"That is what we term lethal mutagenesis," Richard Plemper, a virologist at Georgia State University, recently explained to Nature.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2021
Maurice Moloney, CEO of the Global Institute for Food Security in Saskatoon, Canada, called it “logically absurd” that gene editing was riskier than the random mutagenesis used in conventional breeding.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 25, 2018
The biotech industry argues that much of gene editing is effectively little different to the mutagenesis that occurs naturally or is induced by radiation - a standard plant breeding method since the 1950s.
From Reuters ● Jul. 20, 2018
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