MUTATIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mutational mean? 

• MUTATIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective MUTATIONAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or resulting from mutation

  Familiarity information: MUTATIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUTATIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or resulting from mutation

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

mutation ((genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism)

Derivation:

mutation (a change or alteration in form or qualities)

mutation ((genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism)

mutation ((biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration)

 Context examples 

Mutational inactivation of XPG causes Cockayne syndrome, which is characterized by severe growth defects, mental retardation, and cachexia.

(DNA Excision Repair Protein ERCC-5, NCI Thesaurus)

A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge and King’s College London have developed a comprehensive catalogue of the mutational signatures caused by 41 environmental agents linked to cancer.

(‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer culprits, University of Cambridge)

A genetic “mutational meltdown” helped push the woolly mammoth toward extinction, according to a new study.

(Genetic ‘Mutational Meltdown’ Doomed Woolly Mammoths, VOA)

Mutational signatures are the fingerprints that carcinogens leave behind on our DNA, and just like fingerprints, each one is unique.

(‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer culprits, University of Cambridge)

As it is now possible to study the entire human genome very rapidly, scientists have been able to find all the mutations in a patient’s cancer, and see patterns – or ‘mutational signatures’ – in these tumours.

(‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer culprits, University of Cambridge)