Medical term:
phenocopies
phenocopy
[fe´no-kop″e]1. an environmentally induced phenotype mimicking one usually produced by a specific genotype.
2. an individual exhibiting such a phenotype; the simulated trait in a phenocopy.
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phe·no·cop·y
(fē'nō-kop'ē),An environmentally induced mimic of a disease that is characteristically produced by a specific gene.
[G. phainō, to display, + copy]
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phenocopy
(fē′nə-kŏp′ē)n. pl. phenocop·ies
1. An environmentally induced, nonhereditary trait in an organism that closely resembles a genetically determined trait, especially a mutation.
2. An individual exhibiting such a trait.
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phe·no·cop·y
(fē'nō-kop-ē)1. A set of clinical and laboratory characteristics that would ordinarily warrant the diagnosis of a specific genetic abnormality, but are of environmental rather than genetic etiology.
2. A condition of environmental etiology that mimics one usually of genetic etiology.
[G. phainō, to display, + copy]
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phenocopy
A PHENOTYPE or disorder caused by non-genetic factors that mimics, and may be mistaken for, a genetic disorder.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
phenocopy
a disorder or change that appears to be genetic in origin but actually is produced by environmental effects. An example is deafness in an infant that is caused by the GERMAN MEASLES virus rather than by an inherited condition. The distinction can be important in relation to the chances of an affected individual transmitting the condition to the next generation.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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