mutator phenotype

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mutator phenotype [¦myü‚tād·ər ′fēn·ə‚tīp]

(genetics)

The loss of function of one gene, such as one for the repair of damaged deoxyribonucleic acid, that greatly increases the mutation rates at other loci.

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