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    What does the term "sport" mean in genetics?

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      A 'sport' is a mutation. The term is normally applied to plants, for instance,  seedless navel oranges are a sport.

      11 years ago. Rating: 1
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        Where do you find sport being used in genetics? Do you have a reference I can read? 

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