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silent mutation

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silent mutation [′sī·lənt myü′tā·shən]
(genetics)
A mutation that does not result in amino acid sequence change.


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and his colleagues led the team to suspect that those silent mutations might lead to significant differences.
All Haarlem strains carried one characteristic silent mutation in mutT3 and one characteristic mutation in ogt (Ser 15 replaced by Thr).
 
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