nucleotide substitution

collocation in English

meaningsofnucleotideandsubstitution

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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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substitution
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌsʌb.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/us
/ˌsʌb.stəˈtuː.ʃən/
the use of one person or thing instead ...
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(Definition ofnucleotideandsubstitutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Most proteins do not display such an unusual pattern ofnucleotidesubstitution.
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A new method for estimating synonymous and nonsynonymous rates ofnucleotidesubstitutionconsidering the relative likelihood of nucleotide and codon changes.
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Because of the assignments of the genetic code, 75% of all point mutations result in a change in amino acid (non-synonymousnucleotidesubstitution).
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Unexpectedly similar rates ofnucleotidesubstitutionfound in male and female hominids.
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In the lysin sequences the pattern ofnucleotidesubstitutionwas analysed in two ways.
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Thus, it is not possible to obtain an accurate estimate for the silent sitenucleotidesubstitutionrate, as well.
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Initial species divergence in abalone is in some way linked to selection for high amino acid altering (non-synonymous)nucleotidesubstitution.
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The book then moves onto two chapters on the rates and patterns ofnucleotidesubstitution.
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Modeltest : testing the model ofnucleotidesubstitution.
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Selecting the best-fit model ofnucleotidesubstitution.
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In contrast to thalassaemia, most of the -thalassaemia syndromes result from one or morenucleotidesubstitution or deletions in the -globin gene, which is otherwise intact.
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It produces random mutations in genetic material bynucleotidesubstitution; particularly by guanine alkylation.
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A single amino acid substitution, and in particular a singlenucleotidesubstitution, is responsible for an activating mutation.
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Anucleotidesubstitutionis a base change between two populations.
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They recorded increasednucleotidesubstitutionrates in chloroplast, mitochondrial, and cellular genomes.
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These different rates ofnucleotidesubstitutionare measured in substitutions (fixed mutations) per base pair per generation.
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The scale bar represents the estimated number of nucleotide substitutions per nucleotide site.
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