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Phenotypic plasticity

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004866

The capacity of an organism of a given genotype to change its phenotype in response to changes in the environment.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004866
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoPhenotypic variation; Evolutionary adaptation; Acquired characters; Genotype-phenotype correlation; Phenomics; Selection pressure; Genotype-environment interaction; Phenotype; Polyphenism
TranslationsSpanish: plasticidad fenotípica
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004866",
  "term": "Phenotypic plasticity",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The capacity of an organism of a given genotype to change its phenotype in response to changes in the environment.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "phenotypic variation",
    "evolutionary adaptation",
    "acquired characters",
    "genotype-phenotype correlation",
    "phenomics",
    "selection pressure",
    "genotype-environment interaction",
    "phenotype",
    "polyphenism"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "plasticidad fenotípica"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/phenotypic-plasticity/"
}

Record 4,801 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.