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genetic mutations
- In mutation
- In heredity: Mechanisms of mutation
genetic testing
- In human genetic disease: Genetic testing
oncogene pathology
- In oncogene
- In cancer: Point mutation

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: Kimball's Biology Pages - Mutations.	Surabhi Sinha	Feb 04, 2014
	New article added.	Kara Rogers	Apr 09, 2009