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hypomutation

hypomutation

English

Noun

hypomutation (countable and uncountable, plural hypomutations)

  1. A reduced rate of mutation
    • 2015 November 14, “Bringing Down Cancer Aircraft: Searching for Essential Hypomutated Proteins in Skin Melanoma”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0142819:
      We searched for the hypomutation phenomenon from the viewpoint of protein functioning.