| intergenic complementation | Complementation between pieces of genetic material that regulate the same function, such as a multienzyme pathway, but have defects in regions of separate genetic function; such complementation permits synthesis of a normal end-product. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intergenic region | <molecular biology> DNA sequences located between genes that comprise a large percentage of the human genome with no known function. (09 Oct 1997) |
| intergenic suppression | The situation where a primary gene and the gene that suppresses it do not lie in the same chromosomal locus. Compare: intragenic suppression. (18 Nov 1997) |