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Transversion

In biology, transversion refers to a type of mutation in which a purine is replaced by a pyrimidine or vice versa. It is a type of base substitution mutation.


Definitions in the literature

  • Base substitution in which a purine is by a pyrimidine or a pyrimidine is replaced by a purine [1].