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back mutation
noun
, Genetics.
- a mutation of an existing mutant gene that restores it to its previous form.
back mutation
noun
- genetics the reversion of a mutant to the original phenotype
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Word History and Origins
Origin of back mutation1
First recorded in 1935–40
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