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phenotypic lag
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phenotypic
lag
(
uncountable
)
(
genetics
)
a
delay
in the
expression
of a
phenotype
acquired by
mutation
.
1973
,
Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis
:
Phenotypic lag
is the delayed phenotypic manifestation off a gene mutation (in additional to mutational lag).
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