GENOTYPE


Meaning of GENOTYPE in English

— genotypic /jen'euh tip"ik, jee'neuh-/ , genotypical , adj. — genotypically , adv.

/jen"euh tuyp', jee"neuh-/ , n. 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. Cf. phenotype .

[ Genotypus (1909); see GENE, -O-, -TYPE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .