phenocopy
Meanings
noun
- A phenotypic variation (in an organism) that resembles a phenotype from a genetic cause but has an environmental rather than genetic cause (and thus is not inherited).
verb
- To copy a genetic variation through environmental manipulation.
Word forms
Etymology
From pheno- + copy.
Related words
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