back mutation
noun Genetics.
a mutation of an existing mutant gene that restores it to its previous form.
Also called
reverse mutation.
Origin of back mutation
First recorded in 1935–40
Words nearby back mutation
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British Dictionary definitions for back mutation
back mutation
noun
genetics
the reversion of a mutant to the original phenotype