Question

What is the difference between an epistatic gene and a hypostatic gene? an epistatic gene is dominant; a hypostatic gene is recessive. an epistatic gene produces only two phenotypes; a hypostatic gene produces four phenotypes. an epistatic gene masks the effects of another gene; a hypostatic gene is masked by the epistatic gene. an epistatic gene enhances the effects of another gene; a hypostatic gene reduces the effects of another gene. an epistatic gene masks the effects of another gene when the epistatic gene has one or more dominant alleles; a hypostatic gene masks the effects of another gene when the hypostatic gene has two recessive alleles?

Answer 1

Gene interaction is the determination of a single trait or phenotype by genes at more than one locus; the effect of one gene on a particular trait depends on the effects of a different gene located else where in the genome. One type of gene is epistasis. One of the difference between the epistatic gene and hypostatic gene is that the alleles at the epistatic gene mask or repress the effects of alleles at another gene. Hypostatic gene on the other hand is the whose alleles are masked or repressed.