Phenocopy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Phenocopy is a noun meaning (genetics) To copy a genetic variation through environmental manipulation.
Meaning
(genetics) To copy a genetic variation through environmental manipulation.
More Meanings
- (genetics) 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).
Example Sentences
The wg- mutant can be phenocopied by injecting antisense RNA (complementary to the 3 kb wg+ transcript) into wild-type embryos.
Word Forms
- phenocopies
- phenocopying
- phenocopied
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include genocopy, phenocopier, endophenotype, phenogenotype, phenogenetics, pheneotype.
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