Definition of Revertants

1. Noun. (plural of revertant) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Revertants

1. revertant [n] - See also: revertant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Revertants

reversionary annuity
reversioner
reversioners
reversionist
reversionists
reversions
reversis
reversive
reverso
reversos
revert
revert war
revertability
revertable
revertant
revertants (current term)
reverted
revertee
revertees
revertent
reverter
reverters
revertible
reverting
revertive
reverts
revery
reves
revest
revested

Literary usage of Revertants

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 2nd International Symposium on Genetic Manipulation in Crops by A. Mujeeb-Kazi, L. A. Sitch, International Rice Research Institute (1989)
"Fertile revertants of male sterility in ... Male sterile mutants were induced from somatic cell culture in indica rice and fertile revertants were obtained ..."

2. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"Using the flanking DNA from the genomic clone as a probe, DNA polymorphisms were detected between ij-ref and these revertants. Further, transcripts were ..."

3. Acute and Genetic Toxicity of Municipal Landfill Leachate by K. W. Brown, G. E. Schrab, K. C. Donnelly (1998)
"In addition, Leachate 001 was toxic at the highest dose level (0 revertants at 200 mg/mL) with a high level of metabolic activation using TA 1538. ..."

4. Cigars: Health Effects and Trends by Donald Shopland (1998)
"The number of revertants induced by 1 mg of cigar "tar" in TA100 was 922 ... One mg of cigarette "tar" caused, on average 735 ± 101 revertants in TA 100 and ..."

5. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plan Vectors: Bibliography January 1993 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"This Mul element and at least some of this flanking inverted repeat DNA are absent or hypermethylated in six of seven wild- type revertants of ..."

6. Rice Genetics: Proceedings of the International Rice Workshop at Lusaka by International Rice Research Institute (1986)
"A- Virmani: We have observed fertile revertants in some CMS lines while still in the backcross nursery. We have not followed the inheritance of fertility in ..."

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