Your link lost me at the first sentence. But the word "phenotype" reminded me of this 11 minute Khan Academy video. Maybe I'm just repeating the same thing. But I thought Sal's video was worth sharing and easily digestible.
For whatever reason, Breast Cancer prefers to metastasize bone (which is a phenotype). Something as simple as giving cured Breast Cancer victims a calcium supplement can significantly reduce remission. Phenotypes >= Genotypes?
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/healthcare-and-medicine/...
tl;dr
For whatever reason, Breast Cancer prefers to metastasize bone (which is a phenotype). Something as simple as giving cured Breast Cancer victims a calcium supplement can significantly reduce remission. Phenotypes >= Genotypes?
Scientific article cited in comment section:
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0806285