Deletion
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A deletion is a type of mutation involving the loss of genetic material. It can be small, involving a single missing DNA base pair, or large, involving a piece of a chromosome.
Scientific papers
- Sudmant PH, Mallick S, Nelson BJ et al (2015). Global diversity, population stratification, and selection of human copy number variation. Science. Published online August 6 2015.
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