Phenotype vs Polyphenotypic - What's the difference?

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Phenotype is a related term of polyphenotypic.

As a noun phenotype

is (genetics) 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.

As an adjective polyphenotypic is

of or pertaining to a poly- varied population.

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. }}

polyphenotypic

English

Adjective

(-)

Of or pertaining to a poly- varied population.

someone from an insular society has not been exposed to a polyphenotypic population