phenotype
/ˈfiːnə(ʊ)tʌɪp
/noun Biology
The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.Plasticity is the property of a given genotype to produce different phenotypes depending on the environment....
- For a parent with observed phenotypes, its actual genotypes can be inferred similarly.
- A classic forward genetics approach relies on the identification of observable mutant phenotypes.
Origin
Early 20th century: from German Phaenotypus (see pheno-, type).
- Nostradamic
- Nostradamus
- Nostratic
- Nostraticist
- nostrificate
- nostrification
- no-strike
- nostril
- nostril fly
- nostrility
- nostrilled
- no strings
- no strings attached
- nostro account
- nostrum
- nostrum-monger
- no such luck
- no sweat
- nosy
- nosy park
- nosy parker
- nosy parkerdom
- nosy parkering
- nosy parkerishness
- nosy parkerism