"nonsense mutation" meaning in All languages combined

See nonsense mutation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: nonsense mutations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonsense mutation (plural nonsense mutations)
  1. (genetics) A point mutation that generates either a premature stop codon, or a codon that does not specify any amino acid. Coordinate_terms: missense mutation Translations (genetics: inproductive mutation): nonsense-mutaatio (Finnish)

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