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Meaning of counterselection | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Selection that removes unwanted characteristics.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Dysgenic selection (that has the opposite effects of natural selection).
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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