biotype
noun
bio·type
ˈbī-ō-ˌtīp 
: the organisms sharing a specified genotype
also
: the genotype shared or its distinguishing peculiarity
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Blackbird’s biotypes are clusters of individuals in its database with similar characteristics.
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Seth Joseph, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
The same can be said for feline enteric coronavirus, which when passaged multiple times, results in furin cleavage mutations that correlate with transformation to a more pathogenic biotype.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
Others may have a biotype of negative bias, which is a tendency to look at the future in dark terms, as though everything is going to go wrong.
—Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 26 May 2021
Seth Joseph, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
The same can be said for feline enteric coronavirus, which when passaged multiple times, results in furin cleavage mutations that correlate with transformation to a more pathogenic biotype.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
Others may have a biotype of negative bias, which is a tendency to look at the future in dark terms, as though everything is going to go wrong.
—Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 26 May 2021
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biotype
noun
bio·type
-ˌtīp
: the organisms sharing a specified genotype
also
: the genotype shared or its distinguishing peculiarity
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