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Frameshift Mutations

Frameshift Mutations Definition & Meaning
Frameshift Mutations Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Medical Term Frameshift Mutations?

A type of mutation in which a number of nucleotides not divisible by three is deleted from or inserted into a coding sequence, thereby causing an alteration in the reading frame of the entire sequence downstream of the mutation. These mutations may be induced by certain types of mutagens or may occur spontaneously.

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