ecophenotype
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A phenotype modified by an environmental factor.
Example Sentences
- "The expression of the genetic material residing within the cell represents the genotype, whereas the variation resulting solely from environmental influences (i.e., habitat) is referred to as the ecophenotype."
- "Moreover, the smooth ecophenotype is related to a closed, oxygen deleted environment whereas the reticulate ecophenotype occurs in a well oxygenated environment in which there is a maximal precipitation of carbonates."
- "Some lagoon species have been regarded previously simply as morphological variants - phenotypes - of similar marine species: Cerastoderma glaucum was long considered an ecophenotype of the common cockle, C. edule."