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What does complementation mean?

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Noun
  1. (mathematics) The replacement of a set by its complement
  2. (genetics) The interaction between two genetic units such that an organism can function normally if either one is defective
  3. (grammar) The relationship of a phrase to its predicate
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Sometimes, marriages of politicians are contracted with this regional complementation in mind.
The mutations were backcrossed and checked for allelism by genetic complementation tests.
This phenotype is intermediate between the two homozygotes and therefore no complementation is observed.
Initial backcrosses of the third mutant failed and were not reattempted due to findings during complementation testing.
Also work was in progress on an agreement on harmonization and complementation of standards between Argentina and Brazil.
All strains were deleted for the endogenous pah1 gene to avoid complementation of transgene loss of function.

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