epistasis

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ɪˈpɪstəsɪs/

Definition of epistasis

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The modification of the expression of a gene by another unrelated one.

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Etymology

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.

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