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biotype

American  
[bahy-uh-tahyp] / ˈbaɪ əˌtaɪp /

noun

Genetics.
  1. a group of organisms having the same genotype.

  2. a distinguishing feature of the genotype.


biotype British  
/ ˌbaɪəˈtɪpɪk, ˈbaɪəˌtaɪp /

noun

  1. Also called: microspecies.  a group of genetically identical plants within a species, produced by apomixis

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biotype Scientific  
/ bīə-tīp′ /
  1. A group of organisms having the same or nearly the same genotype, such as a particular strain of an insect species.


Other Word Forms

  • biotypic adjective

Etymology

Origin of biotype

First recorded in 1905–10; bio- + -type

Example Sentences

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So, you are Jew when you inherited only culture or biotype and culture.

From New York Times

Many a person," he resumed, "is a biotype in whom a full complement of what are called inhibitions never develops.

From Project Gutenberg

However, the biotype of Jew people was inherited in their children.

From New York Times

Because in Chinese people they are mixed like me but, according to this article they inherited both biotype and culture and they mixed, and then is a kind of grass-roots Sino-Judaic identity.

From New York Times