In an Interacting Gene Pair, the Gene Whose Expression Is

question 36

Multiple Choice

In an interacting gene pair, the gene whose expression is masked by another gene is the ________ gene.

• A) homostatic
• B) limnostatic
• C) hyperstatic
• D) hypostatic
• E) epistatic

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Definitions:

Adaptive Radiation

Macroevolutionary pattern in which a lineage undergoes a burst of genetic divergences that gives rise to many species.

Evolutionary Innovation

The development of new structures, behaviors, or physiological processes in a species that enhances survival, reproduction, or adaptation to environmental changes.

Uniformitarianism

The principle suggesting that Earth's geologic processes acted in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity in the past as they do in the present, and that this consistency accounts for all geological changes.

Allopatric Speciation

Speciation pattern in which a physical barrier arises and separates populations, ending gene flow between them.