DELETION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary A deletion is also the loss of part of a chromosome (= structure containing the information that controls what plants and animals are like), or the chromosome that results from such a loss
deletion noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . . deletion (to something) the act of removing something that has been written or printed, or that has been stored on a computer; something that has been removed He made several deletions to the manuscript Definition of deletion noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Deletion (genetics) - Wikipedia In genetics, a deletion (also called gene deletion, deficiency, or deletion mutation) (sign: Δ) is a mutation (a genetic aberration) in which a part of a chromosome or a sequence of DNA is left out during DNA replication
Deletion - National Human Genome Research Institute A deletion, as related to genomics, is a type of mutation that involves the loss of one or more nucleotides from a segment of DNA A deletion can involve the loss of any number of nucleotides, from a single nucleotide to an entire piece of a chromosome