What exactly are genomes, genotypes and phenotypes? And what about phenomes?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-63

  Mahner, Martin ^a   Kary, Michael ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; NOMENCLATURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031557885     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0335     Document Type: Article

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