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back mutation

back mutation is the alternative form of backmutation.

Meaning of backmutation

Noun

backmutation (countable and uncountable, plural backmutations)

  1. A mutation that restores the original sequence and hence the original phenotype.

Forms of back mutation

pluralback mutations

Questions about back mutation

What is back mutation the alternative form of?
Back mutation is the alternative form of backmutation.

Words near back mutation in the dictionary

  1. back lines
  2. back load
  3. back loads
  4. back marker
  5. back matter
  6. back mutation
  7. back nine
  8. back nines
  9. back number
  10. back numbers
  11. back o' beyond

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