Usually means: Changes codon to stop signal.
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  1. nonsense mutation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. nonsense mutation: Wiktionary
  3. Nonsense mutation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. Nonsense mutation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Mutation, nonsense, Nonsense mutation: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  5. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  6. nonsense mutation: Medical dictionary
  7. Mutation, nonsense, Nonsense mutation: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nonsense mutation)

noun:  (genetics) A point mutation that generates either a premature stop codon, or a codon that does not specify any amino acid.

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