phenocopy

[fee-nuh-kop-ee]

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

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British Dictionary definitions for phenocopy

phenocopy

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

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phenocopy in Medicine

phenocopy

[fē′nə-kŏp′ē]

n.

An environmentally induced, nonhereditary variation in an organism, closely resembling a genetically determined trait.

An individual exhibiting such a variation.