macromutation: Meaning and Definition of

mac•ro•mu•ta•tion

Pronunciation: (mak"rō-my-tā'shun), [key]
— n. Genetics.
  1. 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.
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