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Word: Epistasis
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 19th century: from Greek, literally ‘stoppage’, from ephistanai ‘to stop’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪˈpɪstəsɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the interaction of genes that are not alleles, in particular the suppression of the effect of one such gene by another.
Short Definition:interaction of genes that are not alleles
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