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Definition of Epistasis
1. Noun. The suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene.
Definition of Epistasis
1. Noun. (genetics) The modification of the expression of a gene by another unrelated one ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epistasis
1. [n -STASES]
Medical Definition of Epistasis
1. 1. The formation of a pellicle or scum on the surface of a liquid, especially as on standing urine. 2. Phenotypic interaction of non-allelic genes. 3. A form of gene interaction whereby one gene masks or interferes with the phenotypic expression of one or more genes at other loci; the gene whose phenotype is expressed is said to be "epistatic," while the phenotype altered or suppressed is then said to be "hypostatic". Synonym: epistasy. Origin: G. Scum; epi-+ G. Stasis, a standing (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epistasis
Literary usage of Epistasis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Statistics in Molecular Biology and Genetics: Selected Proceedings of a 1997 by Françoise Seillier-Moiseiwitsch (1999)
"We imagine that = // + p Deviation from additivity (ie interactions between the
QTLs) is called epistasis. Most current methods use this assumption of ..."
2. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"Non-linear models were developed for different backcross and F(n) generations
when both epistasis and no epistasis were assumed. ..."
3. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"epistasis has also been employed synonymously with suppression. ... •i'o,) attack
or paroxysm ; sometimes it is used in the same sense AS epistasis, ..."
4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1898)
"I But epistasis, or persistency of evolution at definite stages, ... I Such
permanent reversion is to be conceived as epistasis or persistence, ..."
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