Suppression, Genetic
| Medical Definition: |
Mutation process that restores the wild-type PHENOTYPE in an organism possessing a mutationally altered GENOTYPE. The second "suppressor" mutation may be on a different gene, on the same gene but located at a distance from the site of the primary mutation, or in extrachromosomal genes (EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE). |
| Also Called: |
Suppressor Mutation |
| Previously Indexed: |
Genes (1966-1967),Genes, Suppressor (1968-1979) |
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