forward mutation

forward mutation
a mutation causing a change in a gene away from the wild type form, sometimes specifically one producing an altered (mutant) phenotype; cf. reverse m.

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  • direct mutation — direct mutation. = forward mutation (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • reverse mutation — specifically, a mutation that restores the original nucleotide sequence of the wild type gene and thus its phenotype; however, the term is often extended to include any mutation that causes reversion (q.v.) to a wild type phenotype. Cf. forward m …   Medical dictionary

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