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One gene pair can influence other gene pairs, with their combined activities producing some effect on phenotype; this called ________________. In Labrador retrievers, one gene pair codes for the quantity of melanin produced while another codes for melanin deposition. Still another gene locus determines whether melanin will be produced at all--lack of any produces an albino (recessive).

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Epistasis

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Genetics can be defined as the scientific study of hereditary in living organisms such as humans, animals and plants

In Genetics, a gene pair has the ability to influence other gene pairs based on their combined activities which produces some effect on phenotype; this is called epistasis.

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