A phenotypic character is a component of a phenotype. The whole set of phenotypes in an organism constitutes the phenome of this organism.
For example, eye color is a character or abstraction of an attribute, while blue, brown and hazel are traits.
A trait is a distinct variant of a phenotypic character of an organism that may be inherited, environmentally determined or somewhere in between.[1]
References
- ^ Lawrence, Eleanor (2005) Henderson's Dictionary of Biology. Pearson, Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-127384-1
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