epistasis

n. [生]上位,异位显性

发音

其它 /ɪˈpɪstəsɪs/

词形变化

epistases 复数 epistases

别名

epistatics

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The modification of the expression of a gene by another unrelated one.

    可数 不可数 生物 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

hypostasis

词源

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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