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phenocopy en · NOUN

Etymology

From pheno- + copy.

Meanings

  1. 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).

Forms

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phenocopies Number=Plur lexicographic

phenocopy en · VERB

Etymology

From pheno- + copy.

Meanings

  1. To copy a genetic variation through environmental manipulation.
    • The wg- mutant can be phenocopied by injecting antisense RNA (complementary to the 3 kb wg+ transcript) into wild-type embryos. 1990, David de Pomerai, From Gene to Animal, →ISBN, page 275:

Forms

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phenocopied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
phenocopied Tense=Past lexicographic
phenocopies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
phenocopying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

phenocopier