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Suppressor Mutation At Biology Glossary

What is it? A mutation that restores, partially or completely, the loss of function caused by another mutation. Many suppressor mutations are in genes encoding a transfer RNA species; the altered tRNA can recognise the original mutant codon and, during translation, i

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