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expressivity

Monday 17 October 2005

Definition: Expresivity is the phenotypic expression of a penetrant gene or genotype differs in type or degree from slight to intermediate to complete.

It depends both on genotype and environment, and thus may be constant or variable between individuals or sexes. It is a quantitative measure.