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phenotype

phenotype

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A profile of a person's health and behaviour from phone or wearable data
  • noun
  • /ˈfɛnəˌtaɪp/
  • Specialized
: fenotipo digital
  • Specifically, genetic influence on an environmental measure will be estimated in these analyses only if genotype-environment correlation occurs between the measure of the environment and the particular behavioral phenotype (Plomin 1986).
  • relevant phenotype

Examples

  • These results show that there were strong relationships between the differentially expressed genes and the specific relevant behavioral phenotypes. Because multiple genes correlated with a relevant phenotype, we examined the relationship among the multiple genes that correlated with each relevant phenotype.

    Academic text (2016)
  • These results show that there were strong relationships between the differentially expressed genes and the specific relevant behavioral phenotypes. Because multiple genes correlated with a relevant phenotype, we examined the relationship among the multiple genes that correlated with each relevant phenotype.

    Academic text (2016)
  • A lipid-protein phenotype test should be carried out.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The limitation of this approach is that it does not take into account the metabolic effects of those gene expression values on the cellular phenotype.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Instead, phenotypes derived from epidemiology, such as "ever used" or meeting a diagnostic criterion for dependence, dominate this field.

    Academic text (2009)
  • We need to undo: the idea that your only/primary community is made up of people who look like you or are a part of your race/ethnicity; the idea that you must be loyal to those who share your race/phenotype/ethnicity; the idea that you have to be loyal to a group in the first place!

    Blog text (6)
  • These results show that there were strong relationships between the differentially expressed genes and the specific relevant behavioral phenotypes. Because multiple genes correlated with a relevant phenotype, we examined the relationship among the multiple genes that correlated with each relevant phenotype.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Researchers analyzed social media activity to identify the phenotype of mental health trends among teenagers.

  • The study aimed to define the phenotype associated with lifestyle diseases by evaluating data from wearable devices.

  • By examining data from health apps, scientists can infer a person's health-related phenotype based on their daily habits.

Surface Forms

phenotype singular
phenotypes plural

Morphology

phenotype = type (opaque) = pheno + type

This sense is a specialized extension of the biological term using the same bound combining form; 'pheno-' remains unfamiliar to average learners.

Etymology

Phenotype comes from Greek parts pheno- meaning 'show' or 'appear' and -type meaning 'kind' or 'pattern', like the everyday word type. So in digital health a phenotype is the pattern that 'shows' in phone or wearable data and tells us about a person's behaviour or health.