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

A

Complementary gene action

B

Supplementary gene action

C

Duplicate gene action

D

Epistasis

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D

Epistasis is a gene – gene interaction while dominance is an allele interaction.
If a allele express. Itself and hide the effect of other is called dominant allele.
If a gene express itself and hide the effect of other gene is called epistatic gene interaction.
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