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- [mak-roh-myoo-tey-shuh n]
- /ˌmæk roʊ myuˈteɪ ʃən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mak-roh-myoo-tey-shuh n]
- /ˌmæk roʊ myuˈteɪ ʃən/
Definitions of macromutation word
- noun macromutation a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes. 1
- noun macromutation an abnormally great change in the characteristics of a population of animals or plants over relatively few successive generations: hypothesized in the evolutionary theory of punctuated equilibrium, which states that such populations remain stable for long periods of time and evolve into new species through sudden, drastic mutations 0
- noun macromutation A large-scale mutation. 0
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Parts of speech for Macromutation
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macromutation popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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