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Neomutation

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remutationnounmutation again, or back to a previous form
retromutationnoun(genetics) A mutation to a previous (typically an original) form.
neofunctionalisationnounAlternative form of neofunctionalization. [(genetics) The development of a new function of an existing group of genes by means of mutation.]
neofunctionalizationnoun(genetics) The development of a new function of an existing group of genes by means of mutation.
backmutationnoun(genetics) A mutation that restores the original sequence and hence the original phenotype.
mutonnoun(genetics) A unit of mutation forming part of a recon.
hypermutationnoun(uncountable) Frequent mutation
mutationnounAny alteration or change.
radiomutationnoun(genetics) A genetic mutation due to the effects of ionizing radiation
frameshift mutationnoun(genetics) A genetic mutation that either inserts or deletes a number of nucleotides that is not divisible by three (i.e., a non-integer number of codons), altering the reading frame of the portion of the gene downstream of the mutation and causing it to code for a completely different protein sequence.
macromutationnounA large-scale mutation.
mutation pressurenounSynonym of mutationism.
retromutagenesisnoun(genetics) A reversal of normal mutagenesis that allows a mutation to escape being selected
hypermutagenesisnounSynonym of hypermutation.
neogenerationnounSynonym of neogenesis.
immutationnoun(archaic) change (alteration, mutation, modification)
paramutationnoun(genetics) A mutation in which a heritable change in one allele is induced by another in the same locus
pseudoreversionnoun(genetics) The reversion of a mutation in which the products are different from the originals
transitionnounThe process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
transversionnoun(genetics) A point mutation in which a purine is replaced with a pyrimidine, or vice versa

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