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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.
TrpEa from C. trachomatis has clearly accumulated deleterious mutations in contrast to the C. psittaci TrpEa (Figure 5).
In a mutational analysis of the same triad in the aI5γ intron, it was found that mutations at G3 were some of the more deleterious ones in DV [ 19 ] . Revertants that restored base pairing were also identified.
. Antagonistic epistasis therefore implies unexpected robustness to the effects of multiple deleterious mutations [ 2 ] .
US analysts fear that the plan is economically unfeasible, and deleterious to the stability of the region: South Korea could export the technology to countries who would use it to launch weapons, and fears that South Korea might use the rocket to deploy their own weapons could set off an arms race in northeast Asia.