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phenocopying

phenocopying is the present participle and gerund 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 phenocopying

What is phenocopying the present participle and gerund of?
Phenocopying is the present participle and gerund of phenocopy.

Words near phenocopying in the dictionary

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

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