Genetic Function
gene mutation
ex·pres·sion mu·ta·tion
Definitions related to gene mutation:
  • 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.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The result of any gain, loss or alteration of the sequences comprising a gene, including all sequences transcribed into RNA.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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