When the Alleles at Two or More Loci Interact in Nonadditive

question 2

Multiple Choice

When the alleles at two or more loci interact in nonadditive ways, we refer to this as

• A) pleiotropy.
• B) epistasis.
• C) physical linkage.
• D) linkage equilibrium.

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