genotype

[jen-uh-tahyp, jee-nuh-] /ˈdʒɛn əˌtaɪp, ˈdʒi nə-/
noun, Genetics.
1.
the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
2.
the sum total of genes transmitted from parent to offspring.
Compare phenotype.
Origin
< German Genotypus (1909); see gene, -o-, -type
Related forms
genotypic
[jen-uh-tip-ik, jee-nuh-] /ˌdʒɛn əˈtɪp ɪk, ˌdʒi nə-/ (Show IPA), genotypical, adjective
genotypically, adverb
Examples from the web for genotype
  • The drug may work best for patients with a specific genotype.
  • Connecting phenotype with genotype has remained the fundamental aim of modern genetics.
  • For me personally, interpreting my genotype is no more dangerous than the receiving the results of a home glucose test.
  • And it's encouraging because it shows that there may be a way to change the obesity genotype with an early intervention.
  • In the longer term they might yield transplantable organs with the same genotype as the recipient, thus eliminating.
  • The phenotype consists of the genotype variance plus the environmental variance.
  • Gene duplication has been demonstrated as a means of increasing complexity in a genotype.
  • In other words, one gets the genotype not in it's pure form, but at the state of the cell taken for the cloning process.
  • By contrast, birth weight is influenced by both maternal and fetal genotype.
  • One genotype, to use the jargon, may allow athletes who use anabolic steroids to escape detection altogether.
British Dictionary definitions for genotype

genotype

/ˈdʒɛnəʊˌtaɪp/
noun
1.
the genetic constitution of an organism
2.
a group of organisms with the same genetic constitution
Compare phenotype
Derived Forms
genotypic (ˌdʒɛnəʊˈtɪpɪk), genotypical, adjective
genotypically, adverb
genotypicity (ˌdʒɛnəʊtɪˈpɪsɪtɪ) noun
Word Origin and History for genotype
n.

"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.

genotype in Medicine

genotype gen·o·type (jěn'ə-tīp', jē'nə-)
n.

  1. The genetic constitution of an organism or a group of organisms.

  2. A group or class of organisms having the same genetic constitution.

gen'o·typ'i·cal (-tĭp'ĭ-kəl) adj.
genotype in Science
genotype
  (jěn'ə-tīp', jē'nə-tīp')   
The genetic makeup of an organism as distinguished from its physical characteristics. Compare phenotype.
genotype in Culture

genotype definition


A combination of alleles situated on corresponding chromosomes that determines a specific trait.