epistasis

  • 1epistasis — medical Latin, from Gk. epistasis “a stopping, stoppage,” from epi “upon” (see EPI (Cf. epi )) + stasis “a stopping or standing” (see STASIS (Cf. stasis)) …

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  • 2epistasis — epistasis. См. эпистаз. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • 3epistasis — (en genética) tipo de interacción entre genes de diferentes loci de un cromosoma en el que uno puede enmascarar o suprimir la expresión de otro. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …

    Diccionario médico

  • 4epistasis — [ē pis′tə sis] n. [ModL < Gr, a stopping < ephistanai, to stop, orig. to place upon < epi , EPI + histanai, to STAND] Genetics the suppression of gene expression by one or more other genes …

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  • 5Epistasis — See Epistaxis for the condition known colloquially as a nosebleed. See Epitasis for the main action of a classical drama. See Epitaxy for the method of depositing a monocrystalline film on a monocrystalline substrate. See also: Quantitative Trait …

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  • 6epistasis — epistatic /ep euh stat ik/, adj. /i pis teuh sis/, n., pl. epistases / seez /. 1. Genetics. a form of interaction between nonallelic genes in which one combination of such genes has a dominant effect over other combinations. 2. Med. a. the… …

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  • 7epistasis — 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 …

    Medical dictionary

  • 8epistasis — epistazė statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Nealelinių genų sąveika, kurios metu vieni genai slopina kitų veikimą. atitikmenys: angl. epistasis rus. эпистаз ryšiai: sinonimas – epistazinė genų sąveika sinonimas – inhibicija …

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  • 9epistasis — Interaction between genes at different loci, e.g. one gene suppresses the effect of another gene that is situated at a different locus. Dominance is associated with members of allelic pairs, whereas epistasis describes an interaction among… …

    Glossary of Biotechnology

  • 10epistasis — noun (plural epistases) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, act of stopping, from ephistanai to stop, from epi + histanai to cause to stand more at stand Date: circa 1917 suppression of the effect of a gene by a nonallelic gene • epistatic… …

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