In order to determine if mutations from different organisms that exhibit the same phenotype are allelic, which test would you perform?

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The complementation test is used to determine if mutations that exhibit the same phenotype are allelic or not. In this test, two organisms with the same phenotype resulting from mutations are mated. If the offspring also exhibit the same phenotype, then the mutations are most likely allelic. However, if the offspring show a wild-type phenotype, then the mutations are likely non-allelic. The other tests listed (testcross, epistasis test, allelic series test, and biochemical test) are not used specifically to determine if mutations are allelic.

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