Construct · 2 fields · 3 citations

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reversion2 CONSTRUCTSReversion (Law)GARNER · LAWReversion (Genetics)WATSON · GENETICS

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Law

the estate that returns to a grantor after a lesser conveyed estate ends.

In law, reversion refers to the estate that returns to a grantor after a lesser conveyed estate ends. This meaning comes from Garner (1999) in Black's Law Dictionary. Here reversion is not a back-mutation or atavism that restores an ancestral trait or phenotype.[3][1]

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Genetics

a back-mutation or atavism that restores an ancestral trait or phenotype.

In genetics, reversion refers to a back-mutation or atavism that restores an ancestral trait or phenotype. This meaning comes from Watson (1965) in Molecular biology of the gene. Here reversion is not the estate that returns to a grantor after a lesser conveyed estate ends.[2]

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References

  1. Garner, B. A. (Ed.). (1999). Black's law dictionary (7th ed.). West Group. ISBN 9780314228642
  2. Watson, J. D. (1965). Molecular biology of the gene. W. A. Benjamin.
  3. Moynihan, C. J. (1988). Introduction to the law of real property: An historical background of the common law of real property and its modern application (2nd ed.). West Publishing. ISBN 9780314605559

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