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Epistasis is a type of gene interaction showing

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Control of a phoenotype by three genes

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masking of the effect of a gene by a nonallelic locus

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producing a new chactacter when two nonallelic genes happen together in an individual

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enhancing the effect of a gene by a nonallelic gene

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masking of the effect of a gene by a nonallelic locus
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