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back mutation

noun, Genetics.
1.
a mutation of an existing mutant gene that restores it to its previous form.
Also called reverse mutation.
Origin of back mutation
1935-1940
First recorded in 1935-40
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British Dictionary definitions for back mutation

back mutation

noun
1.
(genetics) the reversion of a mutant to the original phenotype
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Contemporary definitions for back mutation
noun

See reverse mutation

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