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Definition of: epistasis

(i·pis′tə·sis) noun
1. Genetics The masking of one factor in Mendelian inheritance by another not allelomorphic to it.
2. Med. The stoppage of a hemorrhage or other fluid discharge of the body. [<NL <Gk., a stoppage <epi- upon + histanai stand]

Most often used phrases:

negative epistasis
recessive epistasis
genetic epistasis
called epistasis
epistasis analysis
epistasis additive
epistasis group
epistasis mapping

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