With base substitution mutations, only a single nucleotide within a gene sequence is changed, so only one codon is affected (Figure 1). Insertions and deletions are two other types of mutations ...

The main difficulty in estimating rates of mutation involves the fact that DNA changes are extremely ... estimates should not be confused with substitution rates estimated over phylogenetic ...

Beneficial relationships between plants and soil microbes play a critical role in agriculture, providing sustainable ...

The inherited mutated gene WNT9B, which functions normally in embryonic prostate development, increases risk of adult prostate cancer, according to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center study ...

Although the genetic interactions among mutations in starch biosynthesis ... leading to an amino acid substitution which ...