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phenotypic plasticity

phenotypic plasticity noun: the ability of an organism with a given genotype to change its phenotype in response to changes in the environment, including changes that occur during the adult life of the organism.

Noun

phenotypic plasticity (uncountable)

  1. The ability of an organism with a given genotype to change its phenotype in response to changes in the environment, including changes that occur during the adult life of the organism.

Questions about phenotypic plasticity

What does phenotypic plasticity mean?
Phenotypic plasticity means the ability of an organism with a given genotype to change its phenotype in response to changes in the environment, including changes that occur during the adult life of the organism.
What part of speech is phenotypic plasticity?
Phenotypic plasticity is a noun.

Words near phenotypic plasticity in the dictionary

  1. phenotypes
  2. phenotypic
  3. phenotypic lag
  4. phenotypic masking
  5. phenotypic mixing
  6. phenotypic plasticity
  7. phenotypic suppression
  8. phenotypic switching
  9. phenotypic value
  10. phenotypic values
  11. phenotypical

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