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Mutation
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Definition
: Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations.
drug-induced mutation
See Also
Antimutagenic Agents
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DNA Damage
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Mutagenesis
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Mutagens
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Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
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Suppression, Genetic
Examples
Allelic Imbalance
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Base Pair Mismatch
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Chromosome Aberrations
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Codon, Nonsense
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DNA Repeat Expansion
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Frameshift Mutation
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Gene Amplification
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Gene Duplication
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Genomic Instability
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Germ-Line Mutation
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INDEL Mutation
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Mutagenesis, Insertional
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Mutation Rate
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Mutation, Missense
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Point Mutation
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Sequence Deletion
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Sequence Inversion
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Suppression, Genetic
Other names
Mutations
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
APP717
0
*Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
Mutation.
Neurosci Lett 1991 Aug 5;129(1):134-5
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator delta F508
0
*Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
Mutation.
Am J Physiol 1995 Apr;268(4 Pt 1):L615-24