intracistron complementation
intracistron complementation
[¦in·trə′sis·trən ‚käm·plə·mən′tā·shən] (genetics)
The process whereby two different mutant alleles, each of which determines in homozygotes an inactive enzyme, determine the formation of the active enzyme when present in the same nucleus.
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