phænotypical

A form of phenotypical — Of or pertaining to a phenotype.

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Meanings

adjectivephænotypical (comparative more phænotypical, superlative most phænotypical)

comparative more phænotypical · superlative most phænotypical

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of phenotypical.
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    Granting our inability to reason about genotypical constitution from the phænotypical, still, other things being equal, and in the long run and with great numbers of individuals an extremely high variant is more apt to belong to a genotype with a high mean than to one with a low or intermediate mean.

    1912, C. B. Davenport, The American Naturalist, The Science Press, Volume XLVI, №. 543, page #134

Origin

From phænotypic + -al.

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