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A man who is an achondroplastic dwarf with normal vision marries a color-blind woman of normal height. The man's father was 6 feet tall, and both the woman's parents were of average height. Achondroplastic dwarfism is autosomal dominant, and red-green color blindness is X-linked recessive.
-Which of the following statements provides an example of epistasis?


A) Recessive genotypes for each of two genes (aabb) result in an albino corn snake.
B) In rabbits and many other mammals, one genotype (ee) prevents any fur color from developing.
C) In Drosophila (fruit flies) , white eyes can be due to a combination of multiple genes.
D) In cacti, there are several genes for the type of spines.

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