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adj. - Of or relating to or constituting what an organism looks like as a consequence of its particular alleles at specified loci present

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  • If the large-scale evolution of life on Water and Earth are a good indication, then gravity seems to be related to an increase in phenotypic diversification.
  • This may make it possible for 23andMe to tap long-term phenotypic change, such as the progression of symptoms in patients suffering from diseases such as Parkinson's.
  • A gene product that normally contributes to this robustness is termed a phenotypic capacitor.
  • But there is a more subtle form of adaptation called phenotypic plasticity which is used to describe how animals use the genes they have to change their behavior.
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