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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13 February 2025

BREAK

(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”


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Coffee Trivia

There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.

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