Biotype vs Phenotype - What's the difference?
biotype | phenotype |
(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
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In genetics terms the difference between biotype and phenotype
is that biotype is a group of organisms having the same specific genotype while phenotype is the appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.As a verb phenotype is
to evaluate or classify based on phenotype.phenotype
English
(wikipedia phenotype)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* phenotypic * phenotypical * phenotypicallyVerb
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