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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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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