paramutation

A mutation in which a heritable change in one allele is induced by another in the same locus

Noun

  1. A mutation in which a heritable change in one allele is induced by another in the same locus

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- English mutation English paramutation From para- + mutation.

Forms

paramutations

Related

paramutate