phenotype
See also: phénotype
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfiːnə(ʊ)ˌtaɪp/
Noun
phenotype (plural phenotypes)
- (genetics, evolutionary theory) The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.
- (genetics, evolutionary theory) Any observable characteristic of an organism, such as its morphological, developmental, biochemical or physiological properties, or its behavior.
Derived terms
Translations
appearance of organism
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Verb
phenotype (third-person singular simple present phenotypes, present participle phenotyping, simple past and past participle phenotyped)
- To evaluate or classify based on phenotype
- 2000, T. Kubota et al., “Frequencies of CYP2D6 mutant alleles in a normal Japanese population and metabolic activity of dextromethorphan O-demethylation in different CYP2D6 genotypes”, in British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, volume 50, number 1:
- One hundred and sixty-two unrelated healthy Japanese subjects were genotyped with the polymerase chain reaction amplification method and 35 subjects were phenotyped with dextromethorphan.
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