evolvantn.
/ᵻˈvɒlv(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈvɔlv(ə)nt/, /iˈvɔlv(ə)nt/, /əˈvɑlv(ə)nt/, /iˈvɑlv(ə)nt/ΚΠ
1862 F. Hall in tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. Pref. p. ix (note) ‘Originant’ might answer, or ‘evolvant’ [for prakṛiti]; and ‘originate’ or ‘evolute’ for vikṛiti.
2. Biology. A descendant organism, typically a microorganism, whose genetic material has changed over the course of a small number of generations, esp. as a result of mutagenesis; a gene sequence or gene product characteristic of such an organism.
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evolvant1974
1974 B. S. Hartley in Evol. in Microbial World (24th Symp. Soc. Gen. Microbiol.) 173 These conditions were unlikely to cause very extensive mutagenesis because a significant proportion of such operations failed to yield a detectable evolvant.
1981 Jrnl. Gen. Microbiol. 122 183 All evolvants were selected for fast growth in xylitol-limited continuous culture.
1986 Jrnl. Molecular Evol. 23 259 (heading) An evolvant of Escherichia coli that employs the l-fucose pathway also for growth on l-galactose and d-arabinose.
2004 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 11719/1 DNA microarrays identified 8 unique duplications and 16 unique deletions among 42 evolvants from 23 chemostat experiments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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