Etymology

epistatic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to epistasis. Full definition →

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The story

Adjective form of epistasis; compare static and stasis. The adjectival use in genetics was coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1909 in his book Mendel's Principles of Heredity.

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