phenocopy

English

Etymology

From pheno- +‎ copy.

Noun

phenocopy (plural phenocopies)

1. (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)

1. (genetics) To copy a genetic variation through environmental manipulation
   • 1990, David de Pomerai, From Gene to Animal‎^[1], →ISBN, page 275:

     The wg- mutant can be phenocopied by injecting antisense RNA (complementary to the 3 kb wg+ transcript) into wild-type embryos.

Related terms

• phenocopier