MUTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does muton mean? 

• MUTON (noun)
  The noun MUTON has 1 sense:

1. the smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur

  Familiarity information: MUTON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("muton" is a kind of...):

base; nucleotide (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))