Wikipedia: Mutagen

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There are several methods to detect how mutagenous an agent is:

There are several methods to detect how mutagenic an agent is:

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:See also : teratogen? -- [DNA repair]? -- genetics

A mutagen (Latin, roughly change maker) is an agent that changes the genetic information (usually DNA) of an organism and thus increases the number of mutations above the natural background level. Mutagens can be chemicals or radiation.

There are several methods to detect how mutagenic an agent is:

Ames test

: See also : teratogen? -- [DNA repair]? -- genetics