muton

Contracted form of mutation +‎ -on, coined by American molecular biologist Seymour Benzer in 1957 as "[t]he unit of mutation […] defined as the smallest element that, when altered, can give rise to a mutant form of the organism."^[1]

muton (plural mutons)

1. (genetics) A unit of mutation forming part of a recon.

• notum, Montu, mount, Mount

Compare French mouton, English mutton.

muton m (plural mutons)

1. ram (male sheep)
2. son (or, generically, offspring)

• mut

 

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Muton (geologia)

Wikipedia ^pl

 

Borrowed from French mouton.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.tɔn/
• Rhymes: -utɔn
• Syllabification: mu‧ton

muton m inan

1. (geography, glaciology) roche moutonnée, sheepback

   Synonym: baraniec

 

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Muton (genetyka)

Wikipedia ^pl

Borrowed from English muton.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.tɔn/
• Rhymes: -utɔn
• Syllabification: mu‧ton

muton m inan

1. (genetics) muton

• muton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from English muton.

muton n (plural mutoane)

1. muton