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Transversion

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transitionnounThe process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
mutationnounAny alteration or change.
retromutationnoun(genetics) A mutation to a previous (typically an original) form.
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
retrotranspositionnoun(genetics) The reverse transposition of an RNA intermediate.
retromutagenesisnoun(genetics) A reversal of normal mutagenesis that allows a mutation to escape being selected
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.
shiftnounA movement to do something, a beginning.
backmutationnoun(genetics) A mutation that restores the original sequence and hence the original phenotype.
transformationnounThe act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
translocationnounRemoval of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
remutationnounmutation again, or back to a previous form
transmutationnounThe conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
interversionnounThe swapping of positions within a sequence; transposition or permutation.
inversionnounThe action of inverting.
immutationnoun(archaic) change (alteration, mutation, modification)
cotransformationnoun(biology) The simultaneous transformation of two marker genes
insertionnounThe act of inserting, or something inserted.
transduplicationnoun(genetics) The acquisition of unrelated gene fragments by a transposable element

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