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Mutation scanning

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A process by which a segment of DNA is screened via one of a variety of methods to identify variant gene region(s). Variant regions are further analyzed (by sequence analysis or mutation analysis) to identify the sequence alteration.: Definition from: GeneReviews from the University of Washington and the National Center for Biotechnology Information


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