Transversion
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Transversion is a noun meaning (genetics) A point mutation in which a purine is replaced with a pyrimidine, or vice versa.
Meaning
(genetics) A point mutation in which a purine is replaced with a pyrimidine, or vice versa.
More Meanings
- (literature) The changing from prose into verse, or verse into prose.
Word Forms
- transversions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include transition, mutation, retromutation, paramutation, pseudoreversion, retrotransposition.
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