Deleterious
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Look up Deleterious in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
In the biological and medical sciences, deleterious means something harmful, such as:
- In genetics, a deleterious mutation, meaning a mutation that results in a negative consequence for the organism, usually at the whole animal level. Many mutations are lethal.
 |
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |
