Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

What does epistasis mean?

Correct answer D. One pair of gene can completely mask the expression of another gene pair

Explanation

Epistasis is an interaction between non-allelic genes in which one gene pair masks or suppresses the expression of another, altering the usual Mendelian ratios.

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