reverse genetics

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reverse genetics [ri¦vərs jə′ned·iks]

(cell and molecular biology)

An experimental method in which information from cloned deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or protein sequences is used to find or to produce mutations that help identify the function of a gene or protein (in contrast to classical genetics in which a known function or trait is traced back to a particular gene.

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