hypermutability

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ mutability.

Noun

hypermutability (uncountable)

1. The state of being hypermutable
   • 1999 December 3, Tomas Lindahl, Richard D. Wood, “Quality Control by DNA Repair”, in Science‎, volume 286, number 5446, →DOI, pages 1897–1905:

     This explains previous observations of a defect in bypass of damage in XP-V cells and cell extracts (82 ) and accounts for the marked hypermutability of XP-V cells in response to UV light and some chemical agents.