germinal mutation

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(thing) by BioTech (7.3 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sun Feb 09 2003 at 6:59:44

A mutation in the germ cells (the cells which will undergo meiosis to form the gametes). Such mutations are therefore passed on to offspring.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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