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| deviation from the expected Mendelian ratio |
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| A recessive epistatic allele masks the phenotypic effects of the alleles of the gene when the recessive epistatic allele is homozygous. |
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| A dominant epistasis will express a phenotype in a heterozygote or homozygote and masks the phenotype produced by alleles of another gene. |
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| Complementation or complementary gene action |
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| This is a type of interaction in which two dominant alleles of different genes must be present (co-operate) to produce a specific phenotype. That is, there are two different genes with similar effects on a phenotype. |
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| the interaction between alleles at two or more loci |
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| crossing an unknown with a homozygous recessive individual to determine the genotype of the unknown |
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| the mating of a hybrid to a purebred of either the male or female parent breed |
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