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''genotype'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20250819014617-00-⌔

genotype - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Noun

genotype (plural genotypes)

  • (genetics) The part (DNA sequence) of the genetic makeup of an organism which determines a specific characteristic (phenotype) of that organism.
    • ✤ “Before I met my current partner, I was always on the lookout for someone whose genotype was compatible with mine. All my dates had the ‘what is your genotype?’ question,” Ogunnupebi told CNN.
      A genotype is the set of genes in a person’s DNA responsible for a particular trait, and genotypes are considered important in Nigerian relationships because they determine who sickle cell disease carriers are.      1
  • A group of organisms having the same genetic constitution.

Verb

genotype (third-person singular simple present genotypes, present participle genotyping, simple past and past participle genotyped)

  • (transitive) To determine the genotype of.

Noun

genotype (plural genotypes)

  • (taxonomy, obsolete) The type species of a genus; generitype.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdʒɛnəʊˌtaɪp/, /ˈdʒɛnəˌtaɪp/
  • (General American) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒinoʊˌtaɪp/, /ˈd͡ʒinəˌtaɪp/, /ˈd͡ʒɛnəˌtaɪp/
  • Audio (US): 🔊

Etymology 1

From geno- +‎ -type.

Etymology 2

Blend of genus +‎ type.

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Footnotes

  1. 2019 July 10, Aisha Salaudeen, “In Nigeria, your genetic makeup can decide if you get a second date”, in CNN ‎, archived from the original on 6 October 2022: ↩

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