epistasis

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

epistasia

epistasis

interacción de genes

Sinónimos

hypostasis

scruff

scum

superior

epistasy

scummings

constipation

gene interaction

floss

suppression of urine

Traducciones

épistasie

epistasia

epistasi

Epistase

epístasi

interacção génica

تفاعل الجينات

epístase

epistasi

Geninteraktion

interaction génique

interazione fra geni

epistasie

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɪˈpɪstəsɪs/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.