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  2. Phenotypic trait - Wikipedia

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    Eye color is an example of a (physical) phenotypic trait. A phenotypic trait, [1] [2] simply trait, or character state [3] [4] is a distinct variant of a phenotypic characteristic of an organism; it may be either inherited or determined environmentally, but typically occurs as a combination of the two. [5]

  3. Eight dimensions of quality - Wikipedia

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    Features: features are additional characteristics that enhance the appeal of the product or service to the user. Reliability: a key element for users who need the product to work without fail for an adequate length of time. Conformance: is the product made exactly as the designer intended. Durability: a measure of the length of a product’s life.

  4. Physical attractiveness - Wikipedia

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    Physical attractiveness is the degree to which a person's physical features are considered aesthetically pleasing or beautiful. The term often implies sexual attractiveness or desirability, but can also be distinct from either. There are many factors which influence one person's attraction to another, with physical aspects being one of them.

  5. Phenotype - Wikipedia

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    In genetics, the phenotype (from Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) 'to appear, show' and τύπος (túpos) 'mark, type') is the set of observable characteristics or traits of an organism. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term covers the organism's morphology (physical form and structure), its developmental processes, its biochemical and physiological ...

  6. Neoteny in humans - Wikipedia

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    However, humans also have relatively large noses and long legs, both peramorphic (not neotenic) traits, though these peramorphic traits separating modern humans from extant chimpanzees were present in Homo erectus to an even higher degree than in Homo sapiens, which means general neoteny is valid for the H. erectus to H. sapiens transition ...

  7. Morphology (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Morphology of a male skeleton shrimp, Caprella mutica Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features. [1]This includes aspects of the outward appearance (shape, structure, color, pattern, size), i.e. external morphology (or eidonomy), as well as the form and structure of internal parts like bones and organs, i.e. internal ...

  8. Primitive (phylogenetics) - Wikipedia

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    At least three other sets of terms are synonymous with the terms "primitive" and "advanced". The technical terms are considered preferable because they are less likely to convey the sense that the trait mentioned is inferior, simpler, or less adaptive (e.g., as in non-vascular ("lower") and vascular ("higher") plants). [4]

  9. Human physical appearance - Wikipedia

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    Human physical appearance is the outward phenotype or look of human beings.. Image of a European female (left) and an East Asian male (right) human body seen from front (upper) and back (lower).