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back mutation
Word Origin
noun
,
Genetics.
1.
a mutation of an existing mutant gene that restores it to its previous form.
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Also called
reverse mutation
.
Origin of
back mutation
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1935-1940
First recorded in
1935-40
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British Dictionary definitions for
back mutation
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back mutation
noun
1.
(
genetics
) the reversion of a mutant to the original phenotype
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Contemporary definitions for
back mutation
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noun
See
reverse mutation
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