Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question 97
97. A gene pair hides the effect of another. The phenomenon is
(a) epistasis
(b) dominance
(c) mutation
(d) none of the above
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Answer : a
Hints & Solution
(a) Epistasis is the phenomenon of masking or supressing the phenotypic impression of a gene pair by a non allelic gene pair which expresses its own effect.