(thing) by BioTech Sat Feb 08 2003 at 4:33:00

A mutation that causes an organism to develop a homologous body part or structure in place of the part or structure that should normally be there (e.g., developing a hand in place of a foot).

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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