cistron vs mutant gene

mutant gene vs cistron

cistron and mutant gene both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cistron	Yes	No	No	No
mutant gene	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mutant gene is a hyponym of cistron; that is, mutant gene is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cistron:

cistron: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
mutant gene: a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected

Other hyponyms of cistron include dominant gene, allele, allelomorph, genetic marker, homeotic gene, lethal gene, linkage group, linked genes, modifier, modifier gene, nonallele, operator gene, oncogene, transforming gene, polygene, proto-oncogene, recessive gene, regulator gene, regulatory gene, repressor gene, structural gene, suppresser, suppresser gene, suppressor, suppressor gene, transgene, X-linked gene, holandric gene, Y-linked gene, epistatic gene.

cistron (noun)	mutant gene (noun)
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity	a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected

Difference between cistron and mutant gene

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