Complementation Tests

Question 1

complementation test

Answer 1

method to determine whether two mutants with the same phenotype are alleles of the same or different gene

Question 2

Complementing means that

Answer 2

Mutants are alleles in different genes

Question 3

Failure to complement means

Answer 3

mutants are alleles of the same gene

Question 4

Complementation groups

Answer 4

-groups of mutants that fail to complement one another
-they have mutations on the same gene