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Definition of Phenocopies
1. phenocopy [n] - See also: phenocopy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phenocopies
Literary usage of Phenocopies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Schizophrenia, 1993: A Special Report edited by David Shore, Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"Cases of schizophrenia- like symptoms produced by metabolic or neurologic conditions
or drug abuse clearly exist; these cases are called phenocopies. ..."
2. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"Interestingly, mouse knock-outs of these types of genes have not yielded accurate
phenocopies of the human disease: Wt-1 (Kreidberg et al., ..."
3. Statistical Inference from Genetic Data on Pedigrees by Elizabeth A. Thompson (2000)
"Another penetrance parameter is the probability of phenocopies (individuals
exhibiting the phenotype of a genetic trait, but not having the predisposing ..."
4. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"... genetic factor is not necessary, one could give it prominence by referring to
the causal pies that do not contain the genetic effects as phenocopies. ..."
5. The Biology of Mental Disorders by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1992)
"... obviously caused by a known and distinct factor, such as chemically induced
symptoms, it is currently impossible to identify some phenocopies. ..."
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