Epistasis
PHENOMENON WHERE THE EFFECT OF ONE GENE (LOCUS) IS DEPENDENT ON THE PRESENCE OF ONE OR MORE MODIFIER GENES, ITS GENETIC BACKGROUND
Genetic interactions; Non-allelic gene interaction; Genetic interaction; Gene interaction; Epistatic Gene; Epistatic gene; Epistasis, genetic; Intragenic complementation; Modifier gene; Epistatic; Genetic suppression; Suppressor gene; Epistasy; Transcriptional suppressor; Genetic background; Intragenic epistasis; Intergenic epistasis; Suppressor (genetics); Modifier genes
Epistasis is a phenomenon in genetics in which the effect of a gene mutation is dependent on the presence or absence of mutations in one or more other genes, respectively termed modifier genes. In other words, the effect of the mutation is dependent on the genetic background in which it appears.