phenocopy

phenocopy /phe·no·copy/ (fe´no-kop?e) an environmentally induced phenotype mimicking one usually produced by a specific genotype.

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phe·no·cop·y (fn-kp)

n.

1. An environmentally induced, nonhereditary variation in an organism, closely resembling a genetically determined trait.

2. An individual exhibiting such a variation.

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phenocopy

1. an environmentally induced phenotype mimicking one usually produced by a specific genotype.

2. an individual exhibiting such a phenotype; the simulated trait in a phenocopy.

3. experimentally produced phenocopies have been created in unfertilized rabbit eggs by the microinjection of the nuclei of embryonic rabbit cells.