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back-mutate

American  
[bak-myoo-teyt] / ˈbækˌmju teɪt /

verb (used without object)

Genetics.
back-mutated, back-mutating
  1. to undergo back mutation.


Etymology

Origin of back-mutate

First recorded in 1960–65

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