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genotype

gen·o·type
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [jen-uh-tahyp, jee-nuh-]
    • /ˈdʒɛn əˌtaɪp, ˈdʒi nə-/
    • /ˈdʒen.ə.taɪp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [jen-uh-tahyp, jee-nuh-]
    • /ˈdʒɛn əˌtaɪp, ˈdʒi nə-/

Definitions of genotype word

  • noun genotype the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits. 1
  • noun genotype the sum total of genes transmitted from parent to offspring. 1
  • noun genotype Investigate the genetic constitution of (an individual organism). 1
  • noun genotype the genetic constitution of an organism 0
  • noun genotype a group of organisms with the same genetic constitution 0
  • noun genotype the fundamental constitution of an organism in terms of its hereditary factors 0
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Parts of speech for Genotype

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adverb
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genotype popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • biotype

    a group of genetically identical plants within a species, produced by apomixis

  • allogeneic

    being genetically different, while belonging to the same species

  • crossover

    A crossover of one style and another, especially in music or fashion, is a combination of the two different styles.

  • identical twin

    one of a pair of twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum and therefore have the same genotype, are of the same sex, and usually resemble each other closely.

  • testcross

    a genetic test for heterozygosity in which an organism of dominant phenotype, but unknown genotype, is crossed to an organism recessive for all markers in question.
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