English Explanatory Dictionary

extended phenotype

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The phenotype extended to include effects that genes have on their environment. (ex.: beaver dams, spider webs, ant colonies, a caddis fly's protective cases, etc.)

Word forms

extended phenotype extended phenotypes

Etymology

Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1982 in his book The Extended Phenotype.

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