epistasis
/ɪˈpɪstəsɪs/
epistasis noun: the modification of the expression of a gene by another unrelated one.
Noun
epistasis (countable and uncountable, plural epistases)
- The modification of the expression of a gene by another unrelated one.
epistasis meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Indonesian
epistasis in Hindi
- Translations
- प्रबलता prabaltā
epistasis in Tamil
- சிறுநீர்ப்படலம், மேலாதிக்கம், அதிரேகம், சுரப்புக்குறப்பு, வடிதல் குறப்பு, மறைவாண்மை
epistasis in Indonesian
- Translations
- epistasis
Forms of epistasis
| plural | epistases |
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Origin of epistasis
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.
Questions about epistasis
- What does epistasis mean?
- Epistasis means the modification of the expression of a gene by another unrelated one.
- What is epistasis in Hindi?
- Epistasis in Hindi is प्रबलता (prabaltā). See Epistasis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is epistasis?
- Epistasis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce epistasis?
- Epistasis is pronounced /ɪˈpɪstəsɪs/.
- What is the plural of epistasis?
- The plural of epistasis is epistases.
Words near epistasis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: epistasis (page history and authors); epistasis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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