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genetic buffering: a standalone construct

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Genetics

the masking of the effects of genetic variation by other genes or pathways, so variants become visible only when the buffer fails.

In genetics, genetic buffering refers to the masking of the effects of genetic variation by other genes or pathways, so variants become visible only when the buffer fails. This meaning comes from Hartman IV (2001) in Science.[1]

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References

Hartman IV, J. L. (2001). Principles for the Buffering of Genetic Variation. Science, 291(5506), 1001-1004. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.291.5506.1001

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