epistasy Genetics.
(ɛˈpɪstəsɪ)
[ad. Gr. ἐπιστασία dominion: see -y3 and cf. prec.]
= epistasis 2.
| 1918 R. A. Fisher in Trans. R. Soc. Edin. LII. 404 A similar deviation from the addition of superimposed effects may occur between different Mendelian factors. We may use the term Epistacy [sic] to describe such deviation. 1949 Darlington & Mather Elem. Genetics vii. 157 Epistasy comes in at all stages of development, early and obvious or late and inferential. |