substitution

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Human Genome

Replacement of one nucleotide in a DNA sequence by another nucleotide or replacement of one amino acid in a protein by another amino acid. See also inherited, mutation, nucleotide, protein

National Human Genome Research Institute — Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms

In genetics, a type of mutation due to replacement of one nucleotide in a DNA sequence by another nucleotide or replacement of one amino acid in a protein by another amino acid. See also: mutation

Human Genome Project — Human Genome Project

Technology› Programming

Perl

Changing parts of a string via the s/// operator. (We avoid use of this term to mean "variable interpolation".)

Perl — Perl Glossary