biotype

American

[bahy-uh-tahyp] / ˈbaɪ əˌtaɪp /

noun

Genetics.

a group of organisms having the same genotype.
a distinguishing feature of the genotype.

biotype British

/ ˈbaɪəˌtaɪp /

noun

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

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biotype Scientific

/ bī′ə-tīp′ /

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

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The University of California has set up a Phylloxera Task Force, but no chemical treatment has proved effective against this new biotype, and experts cannot rule out further mutations.

From Time Magazine Archive

They concluded that the phylloxeras had mutated into a new, prolific biotype that threatened all AXR 1 rootstalks.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From The War Terror by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

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