Complementation At Biology Glossary

What is it? The production of a wild-type phenotype when two different mutations are combined in a diploid or a heterokaryon. The production of the wild-type phenotype by a cell or an organism that contains two mutant genes. If complementation occurs the mutations are almost certainly non-allelic (ie in different genes).

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