revertant
/rɪˈvɜrtənt/
noun
- An organism or cell that has returned to a previous genetic state after a mutation.
- The revertant showed the original traits that had been lost.
- The scientist studied the revertant to understand how the mutation reversed.
- In the experiment, a revertant appeared after several generations.
adjective
- Having returned to a previous genetic or phenotypic state.
- Researchers identified a revertant colony on the petri dish.
- The revertant cells no longer showed the mutation's effects.
- The revertant strain of bacteria grew normally again.