Fruit colour in squash is an example of:

Fruit colour in squash is an example of:
A Recessive epistasis
B Dominant epistasis
C Complementary genes
D Inhibitory genes

Detailed Solution

In summer squash a dominant allele (W) masks the effect of the colour gene, giving a 12 : 3 : 1 ratio. This is dominant epistasis.

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