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The gene intraction when on egenes masks the effect
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When a gene pair hides the effect of another, the phenomenon is called

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Complementry genes action

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Supplementry gene action

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Duplicate genes action

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Epistasis

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(d) In epistasis, an allele of one gene suppressed or masked the phenotypic expression of a gene at another locus. The gene which is masked is called hypostatic gene.
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