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MUTAGEN Definition & Legal Meaning

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Causes permanent genetic change, a mutation, in a cell due to genetic alterations or gene loss or chromosome loss. Cancer development is just one ending in an event-sequence in the early stages of such mutations. Biological, chemical, or physical agent, process, or substance can be a mutagen, causing events other than which occurs during normal cell growth.

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