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Definition of Revertant
1. Adjective. (genetics) That has reverted to its former genotype or to the original phenotype by means of a subsequent mutation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Revertant
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Revertant
1. In microbial genetics, a mutant that has reverted to its former genotype (true reversion) or to the original phenotype by means of a suppressor mutation. Origin: L. Re-vertans, pros. P. Of re-verto, to turn back (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Revertant
Literary usage of Revertant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"Some plants showing somatic reversion flowered and produced large numbers of
wild-type progeny. These revertant progeny always inherited a ..."
2. Rice Biotechnology by Gurdev S. Khush, Gary H. Toenniessen (1991)
"Detailed PCR-dependent sequence analysis of this 3' intron from the progenitor
and several mutant and revertant lines revealed specific and consistent ..."
3. 2nd International Symposium on Genetic Manipulation in Crops by A. Mujeeb-Kazi, L. A. Sitch, International Rice Research Institute (1989)
"Expression of the offspring in revertants The progeny of the revertant ...
the reverse mutation conferring fertility was dominant and that the revertant ..."
4. Rice Genetics II: Proceedings of the Second International Rice Genetics by International Rice Research Institute (1991)
"After examining the same region in the O. sativa progenitor and in several mutant
and revertant lines, other base modifications were localized within the ..."
5. Gene Transfer in Animal Systems: Bibliography, 1985-1991 (1993)
"Three revertant alleles of E(w(a)) generated by reversion of the dominant ...
and the revertant alleles suggest that the original E(w(a)) allele produces a ..."
6. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"The coat of arms cient rolls of arms, when similar reversed = an abatement, qv
descriptions follow one another revertant: bent and rebent. as to bearings ..."
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