deletion
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It can come in the form of a deletion, addition, or change in the type of a single nucleotide.
Doggie DNA tests help predict the breeds that will be Puppy Bowl MVPs | Erin Fennessy | February 5, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe researchers' interest in deletions started with their involvement with an immunocompromised cancer patient, who held off the infection for over two months without being able to clear the virus.
Signs that SARS-CoV-2 is evolving to avoid immune responses | John Timmer | February 5, 2021 | Ars TechnicaA district spokeswoman acknowledged that the trainings took place but said the purpose was to show staff what a permanent deletion looked like, so they could avoid doing it.
Morning Report: School District Showed Employees How to Permanently Delete Emails | Voice of San Diego | January 25, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoUsers were “cautioned that deletion from the recovery folder would amount to permanent deletion from the system,” she wrote.
Official: San Diego Unified Trained Employees to Delete Emails From Public Record | Will Huntsberry and Jesse Marx | January 25, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoIt dragged its feet long enough to run up against the 100-day automatic deletion, meaning it deleted public records even after they’d been requested, in violation of the law.
From 2009, News International has run an ‘email deletion’ or ‘data retention’ policy as do many companies.
Breaking Rebekah Brooks’ Hollywood Cover-Up Code | Peter Jukes, Nico Hines | November 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat does it mean, really, if your 14-week-old fetus has a deletion on chromosome 12?
New Finding That Testing Could Identify Defects in Fetuses Is a Genetics Baby Step | Kent Sepkowitz | June 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDespite its deletion, the villagers of Calcata hold their annual procession each year.
The answer is not to crash the gates of our messaging companies and force them to execute proper deletion programs.
Cordelia calmly insisted on the deletion of the newly inserted paragraph surrendering the dramatic rights of the book.
The Silver Poppy | Arthur StringerIf he should perish through the deletion of this creature, she would account herself his slayer.
The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series | Rafael Sabatini"You have not considered that the deletion you intend will destroy my father," she said quietly.
The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series | Rafael SabatiniWe should in vain look for an example in the Spanish deportation, or deletion of the Moors.
We should in vain look for an example in the Spanish deportation or deletion of the Moors.
British Dictionary definitions for deletion
/ (dɪˈliːʃən) /
the act of deleting or fact of being deleted
a deleted passage, word, etc, in text
the loss or absence of a section of a chromosome
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