Muton is a term in genetics that means the smallest unit in a chromosome that can be changed by mutations.[1]

The term Muton was created by Seymour Benzer in 1955 after his work about the mapping of bacteriophages T4.[2]

References

  1. ^ Text book of Microbiology. S. Chand & Company Ltd. 1999. p. 165. ISBN 8121926203.
  2. ^ The concept of the gene in development and evolution : historical and epistemological perspectives. Cambridge University Press. 2000. pp. 222. ISBN 0521771870.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muton_(genetics)
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