Question

what can an epistatic gene of one locus do to the effect of a gene of a different locus? it can enhance the genes effect. it elevate the genes effect. it can mask the genes effect. it can mutate the genes effect.

Explanation:

Epistasis is a phenomenon where a gene at one locus (epistatic gene) affects the expression of a gene at another locus. The key characteristic of an epistatic gene is that it can mask (or modify) the phenotypic effect of a gene at a different locus. "Enhance" and "elevate" are not the primary actions of epistatic genes in the context of masking the effect of another gene, and epistatic genes do not mutate the effect of another gene (mutation is a change in the gene itself, not the effect's masking). So the correct option is the one about masking.

Answer:

It can mask the gene's effect.