We need a hammer to pound nails into a board.Even if we have the nails,we cannot pound them without first getting hold of a hammer.This is similar to the genetic relationship known as
A) heterozygosity.
B) codominance.
C) epistasis.
D) independent assortment.

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Epistasis refers to the interaction between different genes where the expression of one gene is dependent on the presence or absence of another gene. This is analogous to needing a hammer (one gene) to pound nails (another gene). Without the hammer (gene), the nails (gene) cannot be properly utilized.

We Need a Hammer to Pound Nails into a Board