1. an organism that resembles another organism due to environmental factors rather than genetic similarity
Usage: biology; genetics

1. to produce a phenocopy of an organism through environmental manipulation
Usage: biology; genetics

Examples

• The stunted plant was a phenocopy of the dwarf variety, caused by poor soil conditions.
• Temperature changes during development created a phenocopy that mimicked the mutant strain.
• Researchers can phenocopy certain genetic disorders using chemical treatments.
• The laboratory successfully phenocopied the wing defects through heat shock.
• Environmental stress produced a phenocopy indistinguishable from the genetic variant.
• Scientists studied how nutrition could phenocopy inherited growth patterns.