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phenocopied

phenocopied is the simple past and past participle of phenocopy.

Meaning of phenocopy

Verb

phenocopy (third-person singular simple present phenocopies, present participle phenocopying, simple past and past participle phenocopied)

  1. To copy a genetic variation through environmental manipulation.
    • The wg- mutant can be phenocopied by injecting antisense RNA (complementary to the 3 kb wg+ transcript) into wild-type embryos.1990, David de Pomerai, From Gene to Animal, →ISBN, page 275

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Questions about phenocopied

What is phenocopied the simple past and past participle of?
Phenocopied is the simple past and past participle of phenocopy.

Words near phenocopied in the dictionary

  1. phenoclusters
  2. phenoconversion
  3. phenoconvert
  4. phenoconverted
  5. phenocopic
  6. phenocopied
  7. phenocopier
  8. phenocopiers
  9. phenocopies
  10. phenocopy
  11. phenocopying

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