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Molecular biology

amorph

Biology; Biochemistry

A mutant showing the complete lack of some normal substance or structure.

relaxed mutant

Biology; Biochemistry

A mutant that does not exhibit the stringent response under amino acid starvation.

hypomorph

Biology; Biochemistry

A mutant with less than the normal amount of some gene product.

hypermorph

Biology; Biochemistry

A mutant with more than the normal amount of some gene product.

modifier gene

Biology; Biochemistry

A mutation at a second gene that changes the expression of the first mutated gene.

intergenic suppression

Biology; Biochemistry

A mutation at a second locus that apparently restores the wild-type phenotype to a mutation at a first locus.

deletion mutation

Biology; Biochemistry

A mutation caused by the absence of one of more nucleotides in the DNA sequence.

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