phenocopy

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Noun

phenocopy noun

A variation in an organism that resembles a genetic one, but has an environmental rather than a genetic cause, and is not inherited

Verb

phenocopy verb

To copy a genetic variation through environmental manipulation

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Synonyms

genocopy phenocopier endophenotype phenogenotype phenogenetics pheneotype ecophenotype pseudophenotype phenodeviant phenotype polyphenism genomovar ecophene pherotype genovariation exophenotype

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