indel
noun/ˈɪndɛl/
Etymology Blend of insertion + deletion.
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Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences Either an insertion or deletion mutation in the genetic code.
- The observation that indels are enriched in linker relative to core sequence is also difficult to reconcile with a model of linker sequence conservation, because sites that are constrained for substitutions are also likely to be constrained for indel events.2009 January 16, Colin A M Semple, Martin S Taylor, “MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: The Structure of Change”, in Science, volume 323, number 5912:
- Derived terms
- microindel