phenotype
See also: phénotype
English
editEtymology
editFrom pheno- + -type. (Date to be specified). From Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine, to show, to appear”) and Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, type”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editphenotype (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
edit- biphenotype
- ecophenotype
- electrophenotype
- endophenotype
- enterophenotype
- epiphenotype
- exophenotype
- extended phenotype
- glycophenotype
- histophenotype
- immunophenotype
- macrophenotype
- metaphenotype
- microphenotype
- morphophenotype
- multiphenotype
- neurophenotype
- pathophenotype
- pharmacophenotype
- phenotypic
- phenotypical
- pseudophenotype
- radiophenotype
- subphenotype
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editTranslations
editappearance of organism
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Verb
editphenotype (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[1], 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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