ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Revertant

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Revertant is an adjective meaning (genetics) That has reverted to its former genotype or to the original phenotype by means of a subsequent mutation.

Meaning

(genetics) That has reverted to its former genotype or to the original phenotype by means of a subsequent mutation.

More Meanings

  1. A revertant cell or organism.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prototrophic, pseudorevertant, revertive, retroposable, reversionistic, regressive.

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