genotype

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ge·no·type | \ ˈjē-nə-ˌtīp

, ˈje-

Definition of genotype

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 [ISV gen-] : type species

2 [ISV gene] : all or part of the genetic constitution of an individual or group — compare phenotype entry 1 sense 1

genotype

verb

genotyped; genotyping; genotypes

Definition of genotype (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: 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

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Noun

genotypic \ ˌjē-nə-ˈti-pik

, ˌje- \ or less commonly genotypical \ ˌjē-nə-ˈti-pi-kəl

, ˌje- \ adjective

genotypic analysis

genotypically \ ˌjē-nə-ˈti-pi-k(ə-)lē

, ˌje- \ adverb

genotypically similar strains

Verb

genotyping noun

Examples of genotype in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The fourth vaccine, EV71vac, is based on the B4 genotype and included participants as young as two months old in the phase 2 clinical trial. — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 June 2022 Natural selection favors the variants on peaks: The average genotype or phenotype of a species should evolve by moving from one peak to the next, ideally along a ridge between them rather than through the valleys. — Quanta Magazine, 11 Jan. 2022 To Tobias Warnecke, a molecular evolutionary biologist at Imperial College London, fitness landscapes are an invaluable way to connect genotype to phenotype. — Quanta Magazine, 11 Jan. 2022 In fact, one of the studies that is almost always cited when justifying the CYP1A2 gene’s impact on caffeine metabolism only found an influence of genotype among people who smoke, while failing to find any such effects among non-smokers. — Patrick Wilson, Outside Online, 15 June 2020 The science of cancer research has already received a boost from examining genotype and phenotype changes simultaneously, in areas ranging from solid tumors to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). — Yan Zhang, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021 Meanwhile, scientists are working rapidly to learn more about plants’ genes, or their genotype, and match these genetic traits with the plants’ physical traits, or their phenotype. — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2021 That was the case for 97 of the 180 people with the low-carb genotype. — Sharon Begley, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2018 In particular, a person’s phenotype, how someone physically presents, may not hold meaningful clues for their genotype, someone’s genetic make-up. — Ashley Andreou, Scientific American, 7 June 2021 See More

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genotype

noun

ge·no·type | \ ˈjē-nə-ˌtīp

, ˈjen-ə-

Medical Definition of genotype

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : type species

2 : all or part of the genetic constitution of an individual or group — compare phenotype

Other Words from genotype

genotypic \ ˌjē-nə-ˈtip-ik

, ˌjen-ə-

\ also genotypical \ -i-kəl

\ adjective

genotypically \ -i-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

genotype

transitive verb

genotyped; genotyping

Medical Definition of genotype (Entry 2 of 2)

: 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