Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The smallest unit of DNA at which a mutation can occur; a nucleotide.
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- noun the smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[mut(ation) + –on.]
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-- A saddle of muton or double loin is two loins cut off before the carcass is split open down the back.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Mrs. F.L. Gillette
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He waited our landing, and seeing we were unarmed threw down his muton (so they named the fish-gig) and came readily to us.
The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant Ida Lee 1904
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