Mutagen/Mutagenicity
An agent that causes a permanent genetic change in a cell other than that which occurs during normal growth. Mutagenicity is the capacity of a chemical or physical agent to cause such permanent changes.
Mutagen
A substance that causes mutations (genetic damage).
Mutation
A change (damage) to the DNA, genes, or chromosomes of living organisms.
Mutagen: Any substance e that can cause a change in genetic material.
Mutagenic: Able to cause a permanent change in the structure of DNA.
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mutagenicity
Ability of a physical, chemical, or biological agent to induce (or generate) heritable changes (mutations) in the genotype in a cell as a consequence of alterations or loss of genes or chromosomes (or parts thereof).
mutagen An agent that causes a permanent genetic change in a cell other than that which occurs during normal genetic recombination.
Mutagenicity: The capacity of a chemical or physical agent to cause permanent alteration of the genetic material within living cells.
Mutagenic: The ability of a chemical or physical agent to produce heritable changes in the DNA of living cells.
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Mutagens are those substances that can alter (mutate) the genes - the bits of material that pass on characters in living cells.
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Chemical or type of ionising radiation that can cause inheritable changes in the DNA molecules found in the genes of organisms (mutations).
Mutagenicity
The property of a chemical that causes the genetic characteristics of an organism to change in such a way that future generations are permanently affected.
Radioisotopes- Chemical variants of radioactive elements with potentially oncogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic effects on the human body.
Peroxyacetylnitrate (PANs) - A class of chemical substances found as a pollutant in the troposphere, formed by photolysis from natural and manufactured organic chemicals. These chemicals act as irritants and mutagens in mammals and are toxic ...
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