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Manifestation vs Phenotype - What's the difference?

manifestation | phenotype |

As nouns the difference between manifestation and phenotype

is that manifestation is the act or process of becoming manifest while phenotype is phenotype.

manifestation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of becoming manifest.
    • The last known manifestation of the ghost was over ten years ago.
  • The embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing.
    • This particular manifestation resembled a young girl crying.
  • (medical) The symptoms or observable conditions which are seen as a result of some disease.
  • A pattern or logo on a sheet of glass, as decoration and/or to prevent people from accidentally walking in to it.

    • phenotype

    English

    (wikipedia phenotype)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.

    • Derived terms

    * phenotypic * phenotypical * phenotypically

    Verb

    (phenotyp)
  • 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 citation
    • , 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. }}

    Related terms

    * genotype