Mutafacient
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Mutafacient is an adjective meaning capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents).
Meaning
capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents).
Example Sentences
Size of circle indicates frequency of seedlings, continuous and direct but mutafacient and indirect.
After indicating the mode in which these factors interact in determining the development of the organism and in affecting their own activist, it is shown that they have also a mutafacient action, i.e. are able to affect each other's mutation rates.
Synonyms for mutafacient
Depending on context, synonyms include mutagenic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include promutagenic, supermutagenic, mutagenized, mutagenised, hypermutagenic, fusogenic.
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