a noninheritable change in an organism that is caused by environmental influence during development but resembles the effects of a genetic mutation
Examples of 'phenocopies' in a sentence
phenocopies
In patients with some phenocopies concentric left ventricular hypertrophy can transform into its dilatation with reduced contractility.
V. Yu. Zimina, G. V. Mislitskaya, S. A. Sayganov, S. D. Dzakhova 2015, 'RARE CASES OF HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: VARIANTS AND CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS', Racionalʹnaâ Farmakoterapiâ v Kardiologiihttp://www.rpcardio.ru/jour/article/view/142. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Incomplete penetrance had little influence on the power, but phenocopies increase the numberof needed animals.
A. Thaler Neto, R. Fries, G. Thaller 2004, 'Relação de risco como indicador do número de animais necessário no mapeamento genéticode características binárias complexas em bovinos Risk ratio as indicator of the numberof animals necessary for genetic mapping of complex binary traits in cattle', Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecniahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352004000200013. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)