macromutation
/mak-roh-myoo-tey-shuhn/US // ˌmæk roʊ myuˈteɪ ʃən //
大变异,巨变,大变身,大变形
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Genetics.
- : a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.
Examples
The first animal to be segmented—to go from just a single body to a body with two segments—must have been a macromutation.
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