Definition of "indels" [indels]

• Plural form of indel. (noun)

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• "The 1.5 – 2% difference between humans and chimps is still a valid number so long as you point out what it's in reference to (alignable nucleotides, ignoring indels)."
• "Collectively insertions and deletions are known as “indels”."
• "Only with indels insertions/deletions and similar events where a single mutation removes or copies many base pairs at once, do you get the larger numbers."