Point deletion

... alleles. My definition of "mutation" is the standard one: a point mutation, an insertion or deletion, inversion, etc. These mutations, of course, occur once in a single individual of ...

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... - and if not that, expects an assumption which returns to my initial point. If we were to create a hypothetical species of simple organisms with ... for the next chance addition to the sequence, also under threat of deletion (mutation deleting the mutation) and maybe even the presense of ...

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... template is PCR product, is that your fragment is heterozygous with a deletion or insertion somewhere around the 100 bp point. Are you trying to sequence through an intron? Sequence up to that point will look good, ...

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#2: To clarify, genetic drift is the random deletion of segments of a population that could contain any combination of alleles, ... selection pressure, they have a negligible effect, like you said. The key point is that mutations are operated on by selection to cause significant changes ...

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... nucleotide that are different plus about 5 million indels (insertion/deletion=indel). Assume a 10 million year evolution, which is generous. 40 ... Wait long enough and you'll get either x-rays or gamma rays. My point is that, given enough time, the same mechanism produces tiny changes ...

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