point mutation

English

Noun

point mutation (plural point mutations)

(genetics) A mutation that involves the replacement, addition or deletion of a small number of bases (especially just one) at a specific site within a gene

Translations

mutation involving a small number of basees

Dutch: puntmutatie (nl)

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