Definition of «phenotypic characteristics»

"Phenotypic characteristics" refers to the observable traits or physical features of a living organism that are influenced by its genes and environment. These characteristics can include things like height, hair color, eye color, and other visible attributes.

Sentences with «phenotypic characteristics»

Gastric dilatation volvulus (bloat), associated with particular breeds and also with large mixed - breed dogs [24], was restricted to only a few purebred subsets suggesting a common ancestry or a morphological component representing selection for similar phenotypic characteristics of breed standards to the expression of the condition. (cgejournal.biomedcentral.com)
All about the JAAWS research «Effects of Phenotypic Characteristics on the Length of Stay of Dogs at Two No Kill Animal Shelters.» (aspcapro.org)
The process of neuronal specification is the acquisition of definitive phenotypic characteristics for a given subclass of neurons during embryonic development. (inmg.fr)
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