segregantadj.n.
A. adj.† 1. Separated, divided. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > separate or separated
sunderedc1230
ysondredc1380
discretea1398
divisec1420
dissevered1471
separate?a1475
separated1535
semoted1542
dissociate1548
dirempt1580
dissundered1580
severed1581
parted1595
dividual1598
twain1600
sejunct1602
disassociated1611
dissociated1611
dividenta1616
entire to itselfa1618
interstinct1623
disjected1647
segregant1647
severized1649
divided1658
separate1667
secrete1678
disaffiliated1839
dirempted1900
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 5 Tolerations of divers Religions, or of one Religion in segregant shapes.
2. Genetics. Having or being a genotype derived by segregation; usually, one different from that of either parent.
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1936 Discovery May 161/1 The earlier investigators of heredity emphasised the discontinuous nature of inheritance... This is understandable when it is remembered that the segregant types, with which the earlier work was done, were of a very sharply contrasted nature.
1971 New Scientist 8 July 92/1 When certain chromosomes were eliminated, the malignant phenotype reappeared and the segregant cells were again able to produce tumours.
1974 Nature 27 Sept. 322/1 So called ‘tritypes’ involving any three of the four segregant genotypes should also be recovered frequently.
B. n.
Genetics. A segregant organism.
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1955 Genetics 40 894 No instances of adenineless segregants were obtained.
1976 Nature 29 Apr. 785/1 All 28 haploid segregants of strain DP62..were indistinguishable from strain NP73.
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