INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insertional mutagenesis mean? 

• INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS (noun)
  The noun INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS has 1 sense:

1. (genetics) a mutation caused by the insertion of exogenous DNA into a genome

  Familiarity information: INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(genetics) a mutation caused by the insertion of exogenous DNA into a genome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("insertional mutagenesis" is a kind of...):

mutagenesis (an event capable of causing a mutation)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)