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Noun Concept
Categories: Genetics concepts, Classical genetics, Articles with short description
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hypostasis  epistasis  Epistatic gene  Epistasis, Genetic  Epistasy
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The suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene WordNet 3.0
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The suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Epistasis is a phenomenon in genetics in which the effect of a gene mutation is dependent on the presence or absence of mutations in one or more other genes, respectively termed modifier genes. Wikipedia
Phenomenon where the effect of one gene is dependent on the presence of one or more modifier genes, its genetic background Wikidata
The modification of the expression of a gene by another unrelated one. Wiktionary
The effect of one gene preventing another from expressing. Wiktionary
Effect of one gene preventing another from expressing. Wiktionary (translation)