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Mutant

• Definition: Any heritable biological entity that differs from wildtype, such as a mutant DNA molecule, mutant allele, mutant gene, mutant chromosome, mutant cell, mutant organism, or mutant heritable phenotype; also, a cell or organism in which a mutant allele is expressed.

  Source: Essential Genetics: A genomics perspective (2006) 4th Ed.