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genotype

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context genetics English) The combination of alleles, situated on corresponding chromosomes, that determines a specific trait of an individual, such as "Aa" or "aa". 2 A group of organisms having the same genetic constitution. vb. (context transitive ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
genotype \gen"o*type\ n. (Genetics) A group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution. 2. (Genetics) The genetic constitution of an organism, specifying the particular alleles at defined loci in the genome; -- used with respect to one gene, a ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The genotype is the part ( DNA sequence ) of the genetic makeup of a cell , and therefore of an organism or individual, which determines a specific characteristic ( phenotype ) of that cell/organism/individual. Genotype is one of three factors that determine ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"genetic constitution of an individual," 1910, from German Genotypus (Wilhelm Johannsen, 1909); see gene + type . Earlier the same word was used with a sense of "type species of a genus" (1897); in this case, the first element is from genus .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism [syn: genetic constitution ]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE thrifty ▪ The thrifty genotype hypothesis and its implications for the study of complex disorders in man. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Association between genotype and phenotype has been observed and is supported by expression ...

Usage examples of genotype.

Darwinian evolution is a process of preservation of favoured genotypes as a consequence of differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.

Asexual propagation (cloning) allows the preservation of genotype because only normal cell division (mitosis) occurs during growth and regeneration.

But when a scientist presents to you the structural model of a genotype, you are no longer dealing with an 'acultural code,' because the scientist has translated the code of genetics into the language of symbols -- chemical symbols, let us say.

During mitosis every chromosome pair replicates and one of the two identical sets of chromosome pairs migrates to each daughter cell, which now has a genotype identical to the mother cell.

It must be remembered, in attempting to fix favorable characteristics, that a monohybrid cross gives rise to four possible recombinant genotypes, a dihybrid cross gives rise to 16 possible recombinant genotypes, and so forth.

It was the result of the genotyping test he had had done on Fei Yen and her child.

He knew, from the various conferences he had attended, that the genotyping success rate was accelerating at a pace that astounded even those participating in it.

For obvious reasons, my great-grandmothers weren't very eager to talk about the true parentage of some of their children, and the facts came out only after they got to genotyping everybody as a standard practice.

While, of course, the great strides forward made in China, in the fields of nutrition, sanitation and genotyping, have already made the country's population the healthiest and most able in the world, the people of Yatakang's great ally are eager to hail and adopt this impressive Asian achievement.

Though my studies revolved around tribal linkages and genotyping, I touched on creation myths from time to time.

It's not illegal anyhow - we have clean genotypes, no diabetes, no haemophilia, nothing!

One by one, he identified the genotypes of the beasts Varian and the others had recorded.

Except for eyes that were green, not brown, the young man fit perfectly the genotype of the banned colony-clones that she'd investigated as a member of the investigative panel on Astris seventy years ago as a medical student.

Her genotype had been selected and shaped for physical attractiveness, and for as much in the way of libidinal energy and submissiveness as Mesa's gengineers could pinpoint in the genetic code.

Her genotype had been selected and shaped for physical attractiveness, and for as much in the way of libidinal energy and submissiveness as Mesas gengineers could pinpoint in the genetic code.