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Phenotype

Physical symptoms of a retinal degenerative disease that can be clinically defined. Each phenotype is normally associated with a particular genotype (see Genetic Testing).

A phenotype consists of the observable characteristics or clinical symptoms present in an individual with a particular retinal degenerative disease. Scientists are attempting to correlate the phenotype with the genotype for every retinal degenerative disease.

 

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