Intergenic Suppressor At Biology Glossary

What is it? Restoration of partial or complete wild-type phenotype by second mutation in a different gene than a primary mutation which resulted in a negative phenotype. Intergenic suppression can occur in many ways, for example: A nonsense mutation that inactivates

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