epistasis

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

epistasi

interazione fra geni

sinonimi

hypostasis

scruff

scum

superior

epistasy

scummings

constipation

gene interaction

floss

suppression of urine

Traduzioni

epistasia

epistasia

épistasie

epístasi

Epistase

interaction génique

epistasie

تفاعل الجينات

Geninteraktion

interacção génica

epístase

epistasis

interacción de genes

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɪˈpɪstəsɪs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.