counterselection en · NOUN
Etymology
From counter- + selection.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Selection that removes unwanted characteristics.
In all recipients, distant drug resistance markers streptomycin (SmR; rpsL104), chloramphenicol (CmR; recA::cat(FRT)), and/or nalidixic acid (NlR; gyrA96) were used for counterselection.
2015 July 11, “Novel recA -Independent Horizontal Gene Transfer in Escherichia coli K-12”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
- (countable, qualifier:evolutionary theory, uncountable) Dysgenic selection (that has the opposite effects of natural selection).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| counterselections | Number=Plur | lexicographic |