Insertion (genetics)
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insertion-genetics-184-7016404
title:
Insertion (genetics)
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In genetics, an insertion is the addition of one or more nucleotide base pairs into a DNA sequence. This can often happen in microsatellite regions due to the DNA polymerase slipping. Insertions can be anywhere in size from one base pair incorrectly inserted into a DNA sequence to a section of one chromosome inserted into another. The mechanism of the smallest single base insertion mutations is believed to be through base-pair separation between the template and primer strands followed by non-ne
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Type of mutation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insertion_(genetics)
date created:
2005-04-25T16:06:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T18:17:29Z
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