IB Biology D1.3 Definitions
This page contains our IB Biology definitions for D1.3. By learning each one of these definitions, you will fully cover the content for IB Biology 'Mutations'.
mutagen
A substance capable of causing a mutation
mutation
A random change to the base sequence of a gene
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