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mutator

/ˈmjuːtɪˌeɪtər/ noun · British & US
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What does mutator mean?

noun

A mutator is a type of genetic operator that alters the genetic information of an organism. In computing, a mutator is a method or function that modifies the state of an object.

Example

"The geneticist used a mutator to introduce a mutation into the DNA sequence of the bacterium."

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