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Antimorphic mutationplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMutation: a change in the DNA of a gene that results in a change of phenotype compared to a reference wildtype allele. See also: mutant.: a mutationplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMutation: a change in the DNA of a gene that results in a change of phenotype compared to a reference wildtype allele. See also: mutant. that gives a geneplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigGene: read Chapters 02, 03, 04, 05, and 06 for a definition of gene :-) a new or different function than the wildtypeplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigWildtype: a reference strain of an organism that scientists operationally define as “normal” to which mutants are compared. Not to be confused with wild organisms. alleleplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigAllele: a version of a gene. Alleles of a gene are different if they have differences in their DNA sequence..