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ecophenotype en · NOUN

Etymology

From eco- + phenotype.

Meanings

1. A phenotype modified by an environmental factor.
   • Moreover, the smooth ecophenotype is related to a closed, oxygen deleted environment whereas the reticulate ecophenotype occurs in a well oxygenated environment in which there is a maximal precipitation of carbonates. 2002, Jonathan A. Holmes, A. R. Chivas, The ostracoda: applications in Quaternary research:
   • The expression of the genetic material residing within the cell represents the genotype, whereas the variation resulting solely from environmental influences (i.e., habitat) is referred to as the ecophenotype. 1987, Innovative Biostratigraphic Approaches to Sequence Analysis: New Exploration Opportunities : Selected Papers and Illustrated Abstracts, volume 8, Earth Enterprises:
   • Some lagoon species have been regarded previously simply as morphological variants - phenotypes - of similar marine species: Cerastoderma glaucum was long considered an ecophenotype of the common cockle, C. edule. 2004, Peter J. Hayward, A natural history of the seashore, page 32:

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Deriveds

ecophenotypism · ecophenotypic