Suppression, Genetic

Synonyms

Genetic Suppression

Genetic Suppressions

Mutation, Suppressor

Mutations, Suppressor

Suppressions, Genetic

Suppressor Mutation

Suppressor Mutations

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).