Deletion
deletion
- 欠失，欠損，削除，除去，欠落，遺伝子の欠失（日本語）
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Definition
Glossary of "Life (9th ed.)" by Sadava et al. (2011)
- A mutation resulting from the loss of a continuous segment of a gene or chromosome. Such mutations almost never revert to wild type. (Contrast with duplication, point mutation.)