Term: inversion: (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
Candidate hypernym: mutation: (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism → 1
Candidate hypernym: inhabitant: a person who inhabits a particular place → 0
Candidate hypernym: ceratodontidae: lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth → 0
Candidate hypernym: reign of terror: any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France → 0
Candidate hypernym: divergent thinker: a thinker who moves away from the problem as stated and often has novel ideas and solutions → 0
Candidate hypernym: waffler: someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner → 0
Candidate hypernym: partial eclipse: an eclipse in which the eclipsed body is only partially obscured → 0
Candidate hypernym: eightpenny nail: a nail 2.5 inches long → 0
Candidate hypernym: jump: descent with a parachute → 0
Candidate hypernym: garter: a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) → 0
Candidate hypernym: benedictine: a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks → 0