ecophenotype

Noun

1. A phenotype modified by an environmental factor.
   • The expression of the genetic material residing within the cell represents the genotype, whereas the variation resulting solely from environmental influences (i.e., habitat) is referred to as the ecophenotype. - 1987,...
   • Moreover, the smooth ecophenotype is related to a closed, oxygen deleted environment whereas the reticulate ecophenotype occurs in a well oxygenated environment in which there is a maximal precipitation of carbonates. -...
   • Some lagoon species have been regarded previously simply as morphological variants - phenotypes - of similar marine species: Cerastoderma glaucum was long considered an ecophenotype of the common cockle, C. edule. -...