Examples of epistasis in the following topics:
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Epistasis
- Epistasis occurs when one gene masks or interferes with the expression of another.
- In epistasis, the interaction between genes is antagonistic: one gene masks or interferes with the expression of another.
- "Epistasis" is a word composed of Greek roots that mean "standing upon."
- An example of epistasis is pigmentation in mice.
- Epistasis can also occur when a dominant allele masks expression at a separate gene.