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Epistasis is due to

Interaction of two alleles of the same gene

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Interaction of two separate genes

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Polygenes

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Multiple alleles.

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Solution

The correct option is C Interaction of two separate genes

A gene which masks the action of another gene is termed as epistasis. The gene is called epistatic gene and the gene whose effect is masked is termed as the hypostatic gene. So, in epistasis, two genes are present in different loci, and one gene is epistatic to another gene.
So, the correct option is ‘interaction of two separate genes’.

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	I		II
A	Dominance	i	In a heterozygous organism both alleles express themselves fully
B	Epistasis	ii	A single gene influences many characters
C	Pleiotropy	iii	One gene is suppressed by other gene.
D	Codominance	iv	One allele masks the other allele of the same gene