frameshift mutation

noun

, Genetics.

1. a mutation caused by frameshift.

Example Sentences

It happened to have a type of mutation, known as a frameshift mutation, that was rare in coronavirus samples.

From Seattle Times

Such a “frameshift” mutation can change many of the amino acids of a gene’s protein, making it more foreign to the immune system.

From Science Magazine

We observed mutant allele transmission for both gRNA#1 and gRNA#2 but failed to identify a deletion leading to a frameshift mutation for gRNA#2 so no stable line was generated for this CRISPR.

From Nature

In fact her condition, distichiasis, which usually involves a frameshift mutation near the tip of chromosome 16, helped accent Taylor’s famously lovely eyes with an extra-sexy set of double eyelashes to bat at the cameras.

From Slate

PreXMRV-1 is replication-defective because of a 16-nt deletion in and a +1 frameshift mutation in .

From Science Magazine