NALT

Preferred term

genetic suppression

Topic

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).

mutagenesis

suppressor mutation

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

67199

Spanish

supresión genética

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/261891

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Created 9/28/15, last modified 11/15/18