Definitions / Explanation : Epistatic Gene or Inhibitory Gene
 

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It is the interaction between two non-allelic genes, in which one gene masks or suppresses the expression of other. The gene which got suppressed is called Epistatic factor, such an interaction is called epistasis.

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