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re⋅ver⋅tant

  [ri-vur-tnt] Genetics.
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–noun
1. a gene, organism, or strain that has undergone a back mutation.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to a gene, organism, or strain that has undergone a back mutation.
Origin:
1580–90, for an earlier sense; revert + -ant
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re·ver·tant   (rĭ-vûr'tnt)   
adj.  Having reverted to the normal phenotype, usually by a second mutation: a revertant mutant; revertant cells.
n.  A revertant organism, cell, or strain.
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Main Entry: re·ver·tant
Pronunciation: ri-'v&rt-&nt
Function: noun
: a mutant gene, individual, or strain that regains aformer capability (as the production of a particular protein) by undergoing further mutation revertants> —revertant adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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revertant re·ver·tant (rĭ-vûr'tnt)
adj.
Having reverted to the normal phenotype, usually by a second mutation. n.
A revertant organism, cell, or strain.

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