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What is a point mutation?

What is a point mutation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (genetics) A mutation that involves the replacement, addition or deletion of a small number of bases (especially just one) at a specific site within a gene
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It was found that hemizygous disruption of the XRCC3 gene was sufficient to increase the point mutation frequency.
High selective discrimination against point mutation of bacteria at hot-spot region was observed.
If no deletion is found, a point mutation is probable.
Arrows indicate the position of the point mutation and the corresponding nucleotide on the wild-type sequence.
The compound did not induce point mutation in the Fluctuation assay, and did not demonstrate gene convertogenic activity in yeast cells.
So tell me how a simple point mutation changes the information content of the gene.

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