- Institution/s: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Valladolid, Université d'Artois
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 28
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Beatriz BURGOS CUADRILLERO, Elena Irene ZAMORA RAMÍREZ, Guillermo LÓPEZ COSTA, Marie-Hélène GARCIA
- Creation / modification date: 27-02-2014
- Term: mutation
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Permanent change in the nucleotide sequence or arrangement of DNA.
- Context: During the last five decades, mutation has been studied intensively at the molecular level, and our knowledge of mutation changes of genes has expanded enormously.
- Expression: mutation operator, single-point mutation, multiple-point mutation, Lamarckian mutation of depth, null mutation, silent mutation, missense mutation, nonsense mutation, frameshift mutation.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A. (2009), Elementos de genética médica. Barcelona: Ed. Elsevier, 13ª Edición. (Revisión científica a cargo del Dr. Rafael Oliva Virgili).
- Definition: SÁNCHEZ GUILLÉN, J.L. (2005). Mutaciones: concepto y clases. Recuperado el 23/11/2013 http://web.educastur.princast.es/proyectos/biogeo_ov/2bch/B4_INFORMACION/T411_MUTACIONES/informacion.htm IÁÑEZ, E. (2005). “Mutaciones en procariotas” De: http://www.ugr.es/~eianez/Microbiologia/16mutacion.htm.
- Context: Página web del Departamento de Genética de la Universidad de Navarra: http://www.unav.es/ocw/genetica/tema6-1.html. Recuperado el 25/11/2013.
- Images:
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIIC3Causes.shtml (abgerufen im November 2013).
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