Asked in UHS MDCAT 2010 2010Moderate

Epistasis is a relationship between:

Correct answer: D. Two different genes at different loci

  • A. Alleles of a gene
  • B. Two different genes at the same locus
  • C. Two contrasting traits
  • D. Two different genes at different loci

Explanation

[A] Epistasis not linked to alleles of genes[B] Two different genes are at the different loci[C] Two contrasting traits are two different types of possibilities of a trait[D] Epistasis is a circumstance where the expression of one gene is modified by expression of one or more gene.

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