Germ-Line Mutation

Germinalcellsmutation

Svensk definition

Varje påvisbar och ärftlig förändring i en germinalcellslinje. Mutationer i dessa celler överförs till avkommen, men icke de i somatiska celler.

Engelsk definition

Any detectable and heritable alteration in the lineage of germ cells. Mutations in these cells (i.e., "generative" cells ancestral to the gametes) are transmitted to progeny while those in somatic cells are not.

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Engelska synonymer

Germ Line Mutation Germline Mutation Germline Mutations Mutation, Germline Mutations, Germline Mutation, Germ-Line Germ-Line Mutations Mutation, Germ Line Mutations, Germ-Line