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This is a broad definition of compensatory mutations, because it encompasses not only those mutations that directly counteract a particular deleterious mutation, but also mutations that establish a new neutral network far away from the main network.
The expression of the C-terminal mutations is deleterious relative to the N-terminal mutations
Prudie is mindful of the fact that a gemütlich bunch of girlfriends is wonderful, but this crowd is hazardous to your health, the deleterious effects of secondhand smoke having been accepted by most people.
Because deleterious mutations of Tlr4 have become fixed spontaneously in two strains of mice, we considered it possible that other functionally important mutations might be identified in mice and humans.
As one moves away from this genotype by adding mutations, imagine that the ratio of deleterious to neutral mutations stays constant, as does the average effect of a deleterious mutation.