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Definition of Phenocopy
1. Noun. (genetics) A variation in an organism that resembles a genetic one, but has an environmental rather than a genetic cause, and is not inherited ¹
2. Verb. (genetics) To copy a genetic variation through environmental manipulation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Phenocopy
1. [n -PIES]
Medical Definition of Phenocopy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phenocopy
Literary usage of Phenocopy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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)
"... in tumour incidence compared with wild type mice, despite the fact that the
Xpc homozygotes are an excellent phenocopy of the human Xpc homozygotes. ..."
2. Gene Expression in Algae and Fungi Including Yeast: Bibliography January by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (2001)
"These results suggest that expression of ORF I from the vector makes the cell a
ski- phenocopy. Indeed, expression of ORF1 in a wild-type killer makes ¡Ia ..."
3. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"One example is the use of the term "phenocopy" to distinguish a case of disease
caused in the absence of a putative genetic cause. ..."
4. Schizophrenia, 1993: A Special Report edited by David Shore, Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"1993); (2) schizophrenia modeled as a dominant trait with incomplete penetrance
ranging from 50-80 percent, a phenocopy rate of 0.10 percent, and population ..."
5. The Biology of Mental Disorders by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1992)
"In fact, nongenetic factors can produce a phenocopy of a disorder—that is, symptoms
that mirror the genetically derived disorder. ..."
6. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by DIANE Publishing Company, C. Everett Koop, M.D. (1995)
"LANDAUER, W. Nicotine-induced malformations of chicken embryos and their bearing
on the phenocopy problems. Journal of Experimental Zoology 143(1):107-122, ..."
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