Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism, as determined by both genetic makeup and environmental influences.
- noun The expression of a specific trait, such as stature or blood type, based on genetic and environmental influences.
- noun An individual or group of organisms exhibiting a particular phenotype.
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- noun genetics The
appearance of anorganism based on a multifactorial combination of genetictraits and environmental factors, especially used inpedigrees . - verb To evaluate or classify based on phenotype
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- noun what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment
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Examples
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We now know that genes modulate biological processes rather than features or traits by themselves, and that the phenotype is the net result of many processes.
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This explanation seems unlikely to us because the Cit+ phenotype is characteristic of the entire species, one that is very diverse and therefore very old.
Assessing Fault 2009
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On the other hand, the metabolically normal obese phenotype, is exemplified by numerous small and functional adipocytes, and thus a normal metabolic profile, despite a high BMI.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Obesity Goes Viral? 2009
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Daniel Smith: I believe this type of contingency therefore, to be a necessary condition for any change in phenotype requiring more than rudimentary changes genetically, (more than single point mutations certainly), IF, (and that's a big "IF"), those changes occur via the Darwinian mechanism.
Assessing Fault 2009
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I believe this type of contingency therefore, to be a necessary condition for any change in phenotype requiring more than rudimentary changes genetically, (more than single point mutations certainly), IF, (and that's a big "IF"), those changes occur via the Darwinian mechanism.
Assessing Fault 2009
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The expression of genes is called the phenotype, and it is influenced by a host of different factors, many of them environmental.
The Chemistry of Calm M.D. Henry Emmons 2010
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A phenotype is what a set of genes make: a whole living creature.
amuchmoreexotic: Upsetting insights amuchmoreexotic 2007
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Perhaps not NDS specifically, but "modern evolutionary theory," "standard model of evolution" and whatever else you want to call it has always assumed evolution proceeds by incremental small changes in phenotype by virtue of the relative success of certain minor variations.
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The cause and effect relationship between genes and phenotype is observable.
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A phenotype is what a set of genes make: a whole living creature.
Upsetting insights amuchmoreexotic 2007
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