English Explanatory Dictionary

epistatic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to epistasis.
noun
  1. Any material that causes epistasis.

Word forms

epistatic epistatics

Etymology

Adjective form of epistasis; compare static and stasis. The adjectival use in genetics was coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1909 in his book Mendel's Principles of Heredity.

Derived words

epistatically nonepistatic
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