| 释义 |
color phase
noun
1.
a. : a genetic variant manifested by the occurrence of a skin or pelage color unlike the wild type of the animal group in which it appears and usually produced by a number of different factors interacting in accord with Mendel's laws
< the silver color phase of the red fox >
b. : an individual exhibiting or a pelt or skin that is the result of such a genetic variant
< these foxes are all color phases >
— compare mutation
2. : a seasonally variant pelage color
< the drab summer color phase of the ermine > |