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Transversion

Trans-ver′sion

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Noun.
The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.

Definition 2024


transversion

transversion

English

Noun

transversion (plural transversions)

  1. (genetics) A point mutation in which a purine is replaced with a pyrimidine, or vice versa
  2. (literature) The changing from prose into verse, or verse into prose.

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