Diseases that mimic ALS. I am 35 yr Female, since December of 2010 I have had twitching in my legs,arms, feet and hands. Recently I have lost muscle in my hand (pinky joint with mild cramping) and forearm, right buttocks (large indent) and both thighs.
Jump to: navigation, search ... Deletion. Deletion is a type of mutation involving the loss of genetic material. It can be small, involving a single missing DNA base pair, or large, involving a piece of a chromosome.Narration Transcription ... s are the result of a loss of a section of the genetic material (chromosome) of the cell. If the deleted segment is small or it does not contain critical genes, the effect on the cell may be small. ~. (1) A deficiency in a chromosome resulting from the loss of a fragment through breakage.
Base Deletion. A form of dna mutation where one or more of the dna bases is removed from the dna chain and lost forever. Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page. This page was last modified on 3 October 2005, at 21:16.This page has been accessed 11,860 times.