nucleotide difference
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nucleotide
noun[C]
uk/ˈnjuːkli.ə.taɪd/us/ˈnuː.kli.oʊ/
one of a group of chemical compounds found in living cells in nucleic acids such as DNA ...
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difference
noun
uk/ˈdɪf.ər.əns/us/ˈdɪf.ɚ.əns/
the way in which two or more things which you are comparing are not ...
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Heteroduplexes are expected for any subject who is heterozygous for anucleotidedifferencein the amplified region.
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These mixed profiles were characterized by a clean sequence where nucleotide differences occurred between the two templates.
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All nucleotide differences were also non-synonymous, suggesting that there is no genetic difference between the different isolates.
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Subsequent rounds of panning involve increasing concentrations of specifically synthesised non-target oligonucleotides where all but the sequence of the target subsite remains the same, down to a singlenucleotidedifference.
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However, all nucleotide differences detected in the coding region were silent, as they did not result in any amino acid substitution.
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The sequence showed a few nucleotide differences between the two congeners but no intraspecific variation within either species.
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However, all nucleotide differences in the exons were silent, as they did not result in a change in the amino acid.
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This phylogenetic comparison revealed 12 nucleotide differences which were highly conserved amongst thermophiles (96, 107, 119, 128, 138, 164, 175, 197, 201, 212, 216, 224).
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The one statistically significant difference identified here supports the principle that the nucleotide differences in the region of the opsin genes are responsible for determining cone ratio.
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Nucleotide differences among the aligned sequences are indicated by asterisks.
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The average numbers of pairwise nucleotide differences within two allelic classes were investigated by computer simulation and the average number of pairwise differences between two allelic classes was obtained analytically.
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Nucleotide differences between strains can be checked at a variable number of genes depending on the degree of discrimination desired.
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A difference of 1 in 1,000 nucleotides between two humans chosen at random amounts to about 3 million nucleotide differences, since the human genome has about 3 billion nucleotides.
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