genotype
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɛnəˌtaɪp/
- Specialized
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genotipo
- First, biodiversity enhances ecosystem function because different species or genotypes perform slightly different roles and therefore occupy different niches.
- virus genotype
- common genotype
- local genotypes
And we don't, we do not understand the relationship between genotype and phenotype.
- And we don't, we do not understand the relationship between genotype and phenotype.
- And then it's sort of an ancillary critique could possibly be, well, how many genotypes did you test for?
- This is different than genotype and phenotype, but a female karyotype would be XX or a male karyotype which would be XY.
Examples
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The more resistant genotype has lower pathogen burden and is more fit.
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Researchers discovered that the genotype influences how well organisms adapt to their environment.
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It's the genotype that matters, not whether the alleles are present.
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And in particular, we're going to have genotypes, all right.
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In such cases, local genotypes may be chosen not because they are effective but because they are local.
Academic text (2013) -
The blue ones are the dominant genotype, and the green ones are the subordinate.
Fiction book (1999) -
Girls born with this condition have an XX genotype and normal ovaries.
Academic text (2002) -
The team selected 24 breeding lines, or genotypes, of common bean seeds from the CIAT bean seed bank.
Academic text (1999) -
Such complex patterns of plasticity variation may permit diverse genotypes to be maintained in populations inhabiting variable environments.
Academic text (2000) -
The genotype of the plant determines its resistance to certain diseases.
Synonyms
All the genes a person, animal, or plant has that decide traits passed from their parents
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Genotype comes from the parts geno-, as in gene, meaning 'birth' or 'family', and type meaning 'kind'. So a genotype is the 'type of genes' an organism has.