Biology term for a phenotypic trait or hereditary character. Used in genetics and evolutionary biology.
This plant's traits are inherited.
Differences in traits give rise to species diversity.
Specific genetics term for an allele, one of the alternative forms of a gene. Less common than the broader 'trait' sense.
Alleles are located at the same genetic locus.
形 (form, shape) + 質 (quality, nature). The compound refers to the observable form or nature of an organism, used in biology since the Meiji era.
plasma cell