Meaning Of The Word Macromutation

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What's The Definition Of Macromutation?

macromutation in American English
noun: a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes

macromutation in British English
noun: an abnormally great change in the characteristics of a population of animals or plants over relatively few successive generations: hypothesized in the evolutionary theory of punctuated equilibrium, which states that such populations remain stable for long

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