Transition (genetics)

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Options for transition
Starting base mutation
A. ↔ G
C. ↔ T

In genetics, transition is a point mutation within a class of bases, e.g. B. a purine base is replaced by another purine base.

The other case would be a transversion when a purine base is replaced by a pyrimidine base or vice versa.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Clauss and Cornelia Clauss: Humanbiologie Kompakt , 2009, doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-8274-2239-2_15