Physiology vs Phenotype - What's the difference?
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A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.
(obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science.
(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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, 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 physiology and phenotype
is that physiology is a branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved 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.physiology
English
(wikipedia physiology)Noun
Derived terms
* zoophysiology * cytophysiology * ecophysiology * electrophysiology * neurophysiology * pathophysiology * phytophysiology * psychophysiology * sociophysiologySee also
* biology * anatomyExternal links
* * * English words suffixed with -ologyphenotype
English
(wikipedia phenotype)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* phenotypic * phenotypical * phenotypicallyVerb
(phenotyp)citation