phe|no|type

phe|no|type
phe|no|type «FEE nuh typ», noun. Biology.
1. a character or individual organism defined by its appearance and not by its genetic constitution or hereditary potentialities.
2. a group of animals or plants having one or more such characters in common.
3. the visible result of the interaction between a genotype and its environment.
[< German Phänotypus < Greek phaínein show forth + týpos type]

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