back-mutate

[ bak-myoo-teyt ]

/ ˈbækˌmyu teɪt /

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verb (used without object), back-mu·tat·ed, back-mu·tat·ing.Genetics.

to undergo back mutation.

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Origin of back-mutate

First recorded in 1960–65

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I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
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Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
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The boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.
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With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
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