GENOTYPE
Charles François (2004). GENOTYPE, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1424.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1424 ▶ |
| Object type | Discipline oriented |
The set of an organism's characters acquired through heredity.
The genotype should be clearly distinguised from the phenotype, as observed by K. KRIPPENDORFF: “The distinction is important because it is the genotype, not the phenotype, which is reproduced, but it is the phenotype, not the genotype on which natural selection acts” (1986, p.33).
This implies that autopoieisis is basically a character of the individual.
See also
Disasters