phenotypic characteristic

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characteristic
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkær.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌker.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/
a typical or noticeable quality of someone ...
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We may then start understanding whatphenotypiccharacteristicnatural selection is acting upon.
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It is usually considered aphenotypiccharacteristicof the female.
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The enclosed figures illustrate acladograms of hypothetical taxa, with various possible phylogenetic distributions of a particular structure (or otherphenotypiccharacteristic) and a function superimposed.
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Because economic institutions influence who meets whom to undertake which tasks under which rules of distribution, they map individual phenotypic characteristics into expected material rewards.
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There has been no attempt in this study to correlate the genetic differences found with phenotypic characteristics measured.
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The growth habit and other phenotypic characteristics of the plant are apparently unaffected.
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Table 2 shows the combination of virulence genes and the phenotypic characteristics of the strains of each serotype.
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Parasitic genotypic and phenotypic characteristics also play a major role, as well as human genetic factors conditioning sensitivity to some parasitic infections.
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Table 3 shows the combination of virulence genes and the phenotypic characteristics of each serotype.
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Of course, since not every possiblephenotypiccharacteristiccould be measured and encoded for analysis, the selection of which features to measure is a major inherent obstacle to the method.
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To obtain a few stably transfected cell lines with the desired phenotypic characteristics, it may be necessary to evaluate several hundred candidate cell lines.
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Modern viral classification is based on phenotypic characteristics; morphology, nucleic acid type, mode of replication, host organisms, and the type of disease they cause.
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Under this classification scheme, humans are divisible into broad sub-groups based on phenotypic characteristics such as cranial and skeletal morphology.
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He clearly defined his taxonomic organization according to a broad range of morphological and phenotypic characteristics.
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Such population are highly variable, with the genetic and phenotypic characteristics of individuals ranging widely between the two parent types.
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Viruses are mainly classified by phenotypic characteristics, such as morphology, nucleic acid type, mode of replication, host organisms, and the type of disease they cause.
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The primary focus of community ecology is on the interactions between populations as determined by specific genotypic and phenotypic characteristics.
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