phenotype
pronunciation
How to pronounce phenotype in British English:
UK [ˈfi:nətaɪp]
How to pronounce phenotype in American English:
US [ˈfinəˌtaɪp]
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- Noun:
- what an organism looks like as a consequence of its genotype; two organisms with the same phenotype can have different genotypes
Word Origin
- phenotype (n.)
- "observable characteristics of an individual," 1911, from German phaenotypus (Wilhelm Johannsen, 1909); see pheno- + type (n.). Related: Phenotypic.
Example
- 1. Phenotype and niche are exchangeable notion .
- 2. Immunochemistry phenotype analysis of 28 cases of gastrointestinal stromal tumor .
- 3. An individual or group of organisms exhibiting a particular phenotype .
- 4. Effect of neferine on the proliferation and phenotype of human umbilical vein smooth muscle cells .
- 5. Usually a relative measure : the average contribution to a breeding population by a phenotype or a class of phenotypes .