[2] However, genocopies may also be referred to as "genetic mimics", in which the same mutation or specific genotype can result in two unique phenotypes in two different patients.
In comparison to when a phenotype is the result of an environmental condition that had the same effect as a previously known genetic factor such as mutation.
[6] Two types of elliptocytosis that are genocopies of each other, but are distinguished by the fact that one is linked to the Rh blood group locus and the other is not.
[8] Since Mitochondria carry out such a variety of functions in different tissues, there are often hundreds of Mitochondrial diseases that might be harder to diagnose in early stages.
[9] Diseases associated with mtDNA are often as a result of mutations in tRNA that play a role in Mitochondrial protein synthesis.