Phenotype modification is the process of experimentally altering an organism's
phenotype
In genetics, the phenotype () is the set of observable characteristics or traits of an organism. The term covers the organism's morphology or physical form and structure, its developmental processes, its biochemical and physiological proper ...
to investigate the impact of phenotype on the fitness.
Phenotype modification has been used to assess the impact of
parasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
mechanical presence on fish host behaviour.
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Genetics
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