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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | © A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

mutant
1. A cell or organism that carries a gene mutation
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2. A gene that has undergone mutation.

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