mutagenesis

American  

[myoo-tuh-jen-uh-sis] / ˌmyu təˈdʒɛn ə sɪs /

noun

1. the origin and development of a mutation.

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mutagenesis British  

/ ˌmjuːtəˈdʒɛnɪsɪs /

noun

1. genetics the generation, usually intentional, of mutations

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Other Word Forms

• mutagenetic adjective

Etymology

Origin of mutagenesis

From New Latin, dating back to 1950–55; mutation, -genesis

Example Sentences

The researchers used site-specific mutagenesis to gain new insights into how the cofactor precursor is integrated into the enzyme and how individual amino acids are involved in anchoring and synthesis.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024

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 case before the ECJ was brought by a group of French agricultural associations that want the existing EU exemption for plant varieties obtained via mutagenesis to be restricted to long-standing conventional techniques.

From Reuters • Jul. 20, 2018