Definition of "mutagenesis" [mu•ta•gen•e•sis]

• Formation or development of a mutation. (noun)

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• "Yes, but site-directed mutagenesis is not the same as either evolution or ID – it's a special and limited case."
• "The experiment I referenced demonstrated (actually a series of experiments) that DNA damage in M. tuberculosis results in the induction of an SOS-regulated polymerase (DNAE2), which causes base substitution mutagenesis, that is, the experiment was set up so that the only drug resistant mutations that was scored was base substitution mutagenesis."
• "To understand the role of the contact HLA-G residues in HLA-G recognition by NK cells we performed an extensive site-directed mutagenesis which is listed in HLA-G is markedly different from HLA-C and other selected MHC class I molecules in the contact residues between KIR and HLA-C."