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PHENOCOPY
Etymology
Noun
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
Verb
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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