Definition of phenocopy in English:
phenocopy
nounPlural phenocopies ˈfiːnə(ʊ)kɒpiˈfēnəˌkäpē
Genetics An individual showing features characteristic of a genotype other than its own, but produced environmentally rather than genetically.
Example sentencesExamples
- On the basis of these data and the observation that antisense expression of At4g29830 resulted in a phenocopy of the vip phenotype, we concluded that At4g29830 is the VIP3 gene.
- RNA interference with maxillopedia double-stranded RNA results in phenocopies of mxp mutant phenotypes ranging from partial to complete transformations.
- Lymphocytes were suspended in the culture medium and stored in a plastic culture bottle for 18 h at 4°C to prevent phenocopies.
- Recently we and others have used double-stranded RNA interference to generate null phenocopies of specific genes in Drosophila.
- While transposon mutagenesis involves elaborate PCR screening, RNAi generates only gene-specific phenocopies of loss-of-function mutations and does not always cause a true null phenotype.