Phenocopy vs Phenotype - What's the difference?
phenocopy | phenotype |
(genetics) A variation in an organism that resembles a genetic one, but has an environmental rather than a genetic cause, and is not inherited
(genetics) To copy a genetic variation through environmental manipulation
*{{quote-book, 1990, David de Pomerai, From Gene to Animal
, passage=The wg-'' mutant can be phenocopied by injecting antisense RNA (complementary to the 3 kb ''wg+ transcript) into wild-type embryos.}}
(genetics) The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.
(biology) Any observable characteristic of an organism, such as its morphological, developmental, biochemical or physiological properties, or its behavior.
To evaluate or classify based on
* {{quote-journal, 2000, T. Kubota et al., Frequencies of CYP2D6 mutant alleles in a normal Japanese population and metabolic activity of dextromethorphan O-demethylation in different CYP2D6 genotypes, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
, passage= One hundred and sixty-two unrelated healthy Japanese subjects were genotyped with the polymerase chain reaction amplification method and 35 subjects were phenotyped with dextromethorphan. }}
As nouns the difference between phenocopy and phenotype
is that phenocopy is (genetics) a variation in an organism that resembles a genetic one, but has an environmental rather than a genetic cause, and is not inherited while phenotype is phenotype.As a verb phenocopy
is (genetics) to copy a genetic variation through environmental manipulation.phenocopy
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(wikipedia phenocopy) (phenocopies)Verb
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(wikipedia phenotype)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* phenotypic * phenotypical * phenotypicallyVerb
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