interactions, including epistasis and genotype by environment interactions, mean that the expression of the phenotype may not be accurately predicted from knowledge of the individual effects of each of the component factors considered alone, no matter how well understood the separate components may be [Genetic Architecture of Complex Phenotypes Initiative, NIGMS, NIH, US part of its Initiative Supporting Quantitative Approaches to Complex Biological Problems, June 9,1998] http: //grants nih gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-98-078 html
A term used for editing and storage of audio, video and other data Information (footage, for example) is retrievable and processed almost immediately without having to locate it in a traditional time-line format