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

Encyclopedia of evolutionary biology. ISBN 978-0-12-800426-5.
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.

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[1] Encyclopedia of evolutionary biology. 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.