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

Source: Wiktionary



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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