Associations to the word «Genotype»

Wiktionary

GENOTYPE, noun. (genetics) The combination of alleles, situated on corresponding chromosomes, that determines a specific trait of an individual, such as "Aa" or "aa".
GENOTYPE, noun. A group of organisms having the same genetic constitution.
GENOTYPE, verb. (transitive) To determine the genotype of.

Dictionary definition

GENOTYPE, noun. A group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution.
GENOTYPE, noun. The particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats