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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A mutation that changes only one small area or one nucleotide in a gene.

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  1. n. 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

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. (genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene

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  1. mutation
  1. genetic mutation
  1. chromosomal mutation

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  1. frameshift mutation
  1. transversion
  1. transition

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