phenocopy noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A phenotypic variation (in an organism) that resembles a phenotype from a genetic cause but has an environmental rather than genetic cause (and thus is not inherited). verb1 •To copy a genetic variation through environmental manipulation.The wg- mutant can be phenocopied by injecting antisense RNA (complementary to the 3 kb wg+ transcript) into wild-type embryos. — 1990 formsphenocopied · phenocopying · phenocopies
