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epistasis
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e·pis·ta·sis (-pst-ss)
n. pl. e·pis·ta·ses (-sz)
1. A film that forms over the surface of a urine specimen.
2. An interaction between nonallelic genes, especially an interaction in which one gene suppresses the expression of another.
3. The suppression of a bodily discharge or secretion.

epi·static (p-sttk) adj.

epistasis,
n gene interaction where a gene at a particular locus supercedes or obscures the expression of another gene at a different locus.

epistasis
non-allelic masking of one gene by another, e.g. the masking of the black gene by the orange gene in tortoiseshell cats.


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EPIstatic and Epithal lead stabilizers for PVC include tribasic lead sulfate, basic lead silico-sulfate, and dibasic lead phthalate.
Some of these effects are epistatic, not just adding to the contribution of others but altering their expression.
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