Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
Identification number: 142
Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
Author/s: Carmen CUÉLLAR LÁZARO, Cristina ADRADA RAFAEL, Lucia UDRESCU
Creation / modification date: 01-03-2014
Term: phenocopies
Gramatical category: s
Definition: A condition which is due to environmental factors but resembles one which is genetic.
Context: The presence of phenocopies overstates the impact of the χ 2 statistic for the core disease group, which exists with other subtypes as a proportion of overall cases.
Weighting mark: nor
Remission: sin, Barr body. Source: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition (p. 134).
Sources:
Term: EMERY, A. (2009), Elementos de genética médica. Barcelona: Ed. Elsevier, 13ª Edición. (Revisión científica a cargo del Dr. Rafael Oliva Virgili).
Definition: CHUAQUI, B. y S. GONZÁLEZ (eds.) (1993), Manual de Patología general, Universidad Católica de Chile.
Context: CHUAQUI, B. y S. GONZÁLEZ (eds.) (1993), Manual de Patología general, Universidad Católica de Chile.