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Noun: epistasis (epistases)  i'pi-stu-sis
  1. The suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
    - hypostasis

Derived forms: epistases

Type of: biological process, organic process

Encyclopedia: Epistasis Epistasis, genetic

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