phenotypisten
Phenotypisten is a term used in some European languages to refer to scientists who study phenotypes—the observable traits of organisms, including their morphology, physiology, behavior, and development. Phenotypists examine how genetic variation, environmental conditions, and developmental processes produce phenotypic variation, and how traits can be reliably measured, described, and compared across species, populations, or individuals.
Historically, work described by the term has roots in natural history, taxonomy, physiology, and clinical observation.
Common activities of phenotypists include systematic trait measurement, imaging and morphometrics, biochemical and physiological assays, and
Related concepts include phenotyping, phenotype–genotype mapping, phenomics, morphometrics, and quantitative genetics. The field centers on describing,