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noun Genetics.

a mutation caused by frameshift.

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How to use frameshift mutation in a sentence

This is the actual Calaveras Fault, forcing its way through town, bringing architectural mutation along with it.
Silicon Valley Mansions, Swallowed Alive|Geoff Manaugh|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Those with the disease have some cells that are genetically normal and some with the mutation.
The True Story of ‘The Elephant Man’|Russell Saunders|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For some illnesses, having a mutation in one specific gene usually—but not always—caused disease.
The Genetic Heroes That Could Cure the Sick|Carrie Arnold|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If scientists identify 100 individuals with the same mutation, and 75 of them have disease, the penetrance is 75 percent.
The Genetic Heroes That Could Cure the Sick|Carrie Arnold|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This was a mutation of a relationship that should, in theory, be unbreakably strong.
Their Cordial Meeting Proves the Common Bonds of Obama and Pope Francis|Joshua DuBois|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nor is it difficult to discover some of the circumstances that tended to bring about this radical mutation of policy.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
Do species change by the gradual elimination of the unfit, or do they change by sudden leaps, the "mutation" theory of de Vries?
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society|Upton Sinclair
There is no trace of such vocalic mutation (“umlaut”) in Gothic, our most archaic Germanic language.
Language|Edward Sapir
Still more remarkable is the mutation and addition of new words of especially definite meaning among certain classes.
Criminal Psychology|Hans Gross
Such differentiations in tone our own people make also, and the mutation of meaning is very close.
Criminal Psychology|Hans Gross