epistasis

Significat (Anglès)

The modification of the expression of a gene by another unrelated one.

Conceptes

epístasi

epistasi

Sinònims

hypostasis

scruff

scum

superior

epistasy

scummings

constipation

gene interaction

floss

suppression of urine

Traduccions

épistasie

epistasi

epistasia

epistasia

Epistase

interazione fra geni

epistasie

تفاعل الجينات

interaction génique

interacção génica

epístase

epistasis

interacción de genes

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɪˈpɪstəsɪs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίστασις (epístasis, “stopping”), from ἐφίστημι (ephístēmi, “stop”), from ἐφ- (eph-) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “make to stand”). The use in genetics was coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1909 in his book Mendel's Principles of Heredity.