Preferred Term:
mutation
Definition:
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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
NALT Core
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
Narrower Concepts:
- genetic instability
- point mutation
- sequence deletion
- frameshift mutation
- genetic polymorphism
- mutagenesis
- mutation accumulation
- somatic mutation
- nonsense mutation
- gain-of-function mutation
- amino acid deletion
- missense mutation
- base pair mismatch
- amino acid substitution
- spontaneous mutation
- allelic imbalance
- induced mutation
- loss-of-function mutation
Entry Terms:
- mutations
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/7777
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