back mutation


nounGenetics.
  1. a mutation of an existing mutant gene that restores it to its previous form.

Origin of back mutation

1
First recorded in 1935–40
  • Also called reverse mutation.

Words Nearby back mutation

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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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