Functional complementation is restoration of a specified function or phenotype by introducing a gene into a deficient recipient. In the yeast cross-species complementation experiment, the restored property is growth without supplied methionine, under the assay conditions. Rescue need not restore every property of the original genotype.
A genetic test asking whether two mutant genomes together restore a function. Failure of recessive alleles to complement can support a shared affected genetic locus, subject to exceptions such as interacting loci and deletions.

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