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Epistasis Definition & Meaning

epistasis
noun
  1. the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene

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What does epistasis mean?
the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
What part of speech is epistasis?
Epistasis is a noun.

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