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Mutagens
| Medical Definition: | Chemical agents that increase the rate of genetic mutation by interfering with the function of nucleic acids. A clastogen is a specific mutagen that causes breaks in chromosomes. |
| Guide Notes: | consider also MUTATION |
| Also Called: | Clastogens |
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Aneugens - Agents which affect CELL DIVISION and the MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS resulting in the loss or gain of whole CHROMOSOMES, thereby inducing an ANEUPLOIDY. |
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