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mu·ton (my

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n.

The smallest unit of DNA at which a mutation can occur; a nucleotide.

[mut(ation) + -on¹.]

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muton - the smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur

nucleotide, base - a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

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