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phenocopy

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1. phenocopy - Noun

2. phenocopy - Verb

Meaning

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phenocopy (plural phenocopies)

(genetics) A variation in an organism that resembles a genetic one, but has an environmental rather than a genetic cause, and is not inherited

phenocopy (third-person singular simple present phenocopies, present participle phenocopying, simple past and past participle phenocopied)

(genetics) To copy a genetic variation through environmental manipulation

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