Phenotype modification

Phenotype modification is the process of experimentally altering an organism's phenotype to investigate the impact of phenotype on the fitness.[1] Phenotype modification has been used to assess the impact of parasite mechanical presence on fish host behaviour.[2]

## References

1. ↑ Encyclopedia of evolutionary biology. 14 April 2016. ISBN 978-0-12-800426-5.
2. ↑ Grécias, Lucie; Valentin, Julie; Aubin-Horth, Nadia (15 March 2018). "Testing the parasite mass burden effect on alteration of host behaviour in the Schistocephalus-stickleback system". The Journal of Experimental Biology 221 (6): jeb174748. doi:10.1242/jeb.174748. PMID 29444843. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2018/01/26/222802.full.pdf.

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