transversion

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From trans- + -version. Compare conversion.

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences A point mutation in which a purine is replaced with a pyrimidine, or vice versa

Literature, Media, Publishing The changing from prose into verse, or verse into prose.

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