Definition of genotype
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[ISV gene]
: all or part of the genetic constitution of an individual or group — compare phenotype
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There were no statistically significant differences in success or failure among the genotypes in either dieting group.
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Ultimately the subjects' genotypes did not appear to influence their responses to the diets.
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Ultimately the subjects’ genotypes did not appear to influence their responses to the diets.
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And that genotype is also associated with thyroid cancer risk.
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That means millions of genotypes that can be used by clinicians and researchers to home in on and characterize genes linked to specific diseases.
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Those viruses with greater than 15 percent genetic variation are said to be of the same genotype.
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The lab GenoPalate works with performs a genotype by using micro-arrays, disc-like devices to read the variants in the genes.
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But soon afterward, their descendants apparently stopped mixing as much and evolved distinct local genotypes.
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First Known Use of genotype
1897
Definition of genotype
: to determine all or part of the genetic constitution of
- Because many Icelanders have now been genotyped, meaning their DNA has been analyzed at many sites spaced across the genome, the Decode researchers were able to pick a set of 40 sites where the DNA variations were diagnostic of geographic origin.
- —Nicholas Wade
- Genotyping of multiple B. pseudomallei colonies from several tissue sites from four patients … showed substantial genetic diversity within a single patient …
- —W. Joost Wiersinga
First Known Use of genotype
1946
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of genotype
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: type species
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: all or part of the genetic constitution of an individual or group — compare phenotype
medical Definition of genotype
genotyped;
genotyping
: to determine the genotype of
- DNA samples from the participants were genotyped for two common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the coding region of the vitamin D–binding protein gene …
- —Camille E. Powe et al., The New England Journal of Medicine, 21 Nov. 2013
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