The interaction between different genes occupying different loci is:
Correct answer: D. Epistasis
- A. Dominance
- B. Codominance
- C. Pleiotropy
- D. Epistasis
Explanation
Epistasis is an example of nonallelic interactions. It is defined as the phenomenon in which the effect caused by genes on one locus interferes or hides the effect caused by another gene at another locus.
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