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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mutation that changes one nucleotide in a gene or DNA sequence by substitution, deletion, or addition.
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- noun genetics A mutation that involves the
replacement ,addition ordeletion of a small number ofbases (especially just one) at a specificsite within agene
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- noun (genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene
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