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What works together to control the expression of single genes in combinational controls?

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Final answer:

Combinational controls, epistasis, and transcription initiation are the processes that work together to control the expression of single genes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Combinational controls work together to control the expression of single genes.

Several genes can contribute to aspects of a common phenotype without their gene products directly interacting.

They may function in complementary or synergistic fashions, requiring two or more genes to be expressed simultaneously to affect a phenotype.

This is known as epistasis.

Additionally, the expression of a single gene can be controlled at the level of transcription initiation, similar to how transcriptional control occurs in bacteria.

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