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phenocopies

phenocopies is the plural of phenocopy.

Meaning of phenocopy

Noun

phenocopy (plural phenocopies)

  1. A phenotypic variation (in an organism) that resembles a phenotype from a genetic cause but has an environmental rather than genetic cause (and thus is not inherited).

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Questions about phenocopies

What is phenocopies the plural of?
Phenocopies is the plural of phenocopy.

Words near phenocopies in the dictionary

  1. phenoconverted
  2. phenocopic
  3. phenocopied
  4. phenocopier
  5. phenocopiers
  6. phenocopies
  7. phenocopy
  8. phenocopying
  9. phenocritical
  10. phenocryst
  11. phenocrystal

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