A nonsense mutation is a genetic mutation in a DNA sequence that results in a shorter, unfinished protein product. DNA is a chain of many smaller molecules called nucleotides. During protein ...

Occasionally, though, a mutation confers a survival advantage in the face of an environmental change. Most of the non-carriers of the mutation die, and those with the mutation are able to reproduce.

A frameshift mutation is a genetic mutation caused by a deletion or insertion in a DNA sequence that shifts the way the sequence is read. A DNA sequence is a chain of many smaller molecules called ...

Variation is the differences in the characteristics of organisms. It can be caused by the genes an individual inherits or the environment it lives in. Extensive genetic variation is contained ...

Researchers from the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University have developed a new method to predict mutations in protein sequences called Deep Novel Mutation ...

The alarm has been raised over the mutation of a new strain of mpox. The variant is said to be "highly transmissible" and is currently rampaging through the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The mutation decreases amyloid precursor protein cleavage by BACE1, lowering beta amyloid production and conferring protection against Alzheimer's pathology in vivo. This summary was automatically ...