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

1. An environmentally produced phenotype simulating the effect of a particular genotype. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phenocopy

phenmetrazine hydrochloride
phenmetrazines
pheno-
pheno-safranine
phenobarb
phenobarbital
phenobarbital elixir
phenobarbitals
phenobarbitol
phenobarbitone
phenobarbitones
phenobarbs
phenobutiodil
phenocopied
phenocopies
phenocopy (current term)
phenocopying
phenocryst
phenocrystic
phenocrysts
phenodin
phenogam
phenogamia
phenogams
phenol
phenol coefficient
phenol glucuronosyltransferase
phenol oxidase
phenol red
phenolaemia

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