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单词 phenocopy
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phenocopy

[ fee-nuh-kop-ee ]
/ ˈfi nəˌkɒp i /

noun, plural phe·no·cop·ies.Genetics.

the observed result of an environmentally induced, nongenetic alteration of a phenotype to a form that resembles the expression of a known genetic mutation.

Origin of phenocopy

<German Phänokopie (1935); see phenotype, copy

Words nearby phenocopy

Phenix City, phenmetrazine, pheno-, phenobarbital, phenobarbitone, phenocopy, phenocryst, phenodeviant, phenogram, phenol, phenolate
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British Dictionary definitions for phenocopy

phenocopy
/ (ˈfiːnəʊˌkɒpɪ) /

noun plural -copies

a noninheritable change in an organism that is caused by environmental influence during development but resembles the effects of a genetic mutation
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for phenocopy

phenocopy
[ fēnə-kŏp′ē ]

n.

An environmentally induced, nonhereditary variation in an organism, closely resembling a genetically determined trait.
An individual exhibiting such a variation.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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