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point mutation
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point mutation [′pȯint myü′tā·shən]
(genetics)
Mutation of a single gene due to addition, loss, replacement, or change of sequence in one or more base pairs of the deoxyribonucleic acid of that gene.


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Ingenium's INGENOtyping technology is based on a genetically subtle chemical process that generates point mutations in genes and Ingenium's expertise in quickly and reliably producing and analyzing mammalian models of disease.
It looks like point mutations in this gene cause familial hemiplegic migraine and episodic ataxia type II and the CAG expansion of the same gene causes a dominant ataxia.
For comparison, he allowed the same sequences to undergo point mutations.
 
 
 
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