epistasis Flashcards
1
Q
what is epistasis?
A
an interaction between genes found at different loci
2
Q
what does epistasis involve?
A
pair of alleles at one locus mask effect of alleles at the other
3
Q
what is the epistatic gene?
A
the gene that masks the expression of the hypostatic gene
4
Q
what is the hypostatic gene?
A
the gene that is masked by the epistatic gene
5
Q
epistasis is an interaction between genes at …… loci
…… is an interaction between alleles at the same locus
A
different
codominant
6
Q
the …….. ……… genotype at the epistatic locus ……. the effect of the pair of alleles at the hypostatic locus
A
homozygous recessive
masks
7
Q
the …….. ………. or ………… ……….
genotype at the epistatic locus masks the effect of the pair of alleles at the hypostatic locus
A
epistatic gene
homozgous dominant
