PHENOTYPE


Meaning of PHENOTYPE in English

— phenotypic /fee'neuh tip"ik/ , phenotypical , adj. — phenotypically , adv.

/fee"neuh tuyp'/ , n. Genetics.

1. the observable constitution of an organism.

2. the appearance of an organism resulting from the interaction of the genotype and the environment. Cf. genotype .

[ Phänotypus (1909); see PHENO-, -TYPE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .