Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The researchers were surprised to find that the variation of color within these sea anemones was not considered a phenotypic trait, but rather a genotypic one, related to one particular fluorescent protein gene.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2024

Earlier, we examined the phenotypic proportions for a trihybrid cross using the forked-line method; now we will use the probability method to examine the genotypic proportions for a cross with even more genes.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In the early twentieth century, biologists in a field of study known as population genetics began to study how selective forces change a population through changes in allele and genotypic frequencies.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Your genotypic score for conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, summarizing the effects of many contributory genes, could prompt doctors to start monitoring you early.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

The genotypic ratios are the ratios of gene combinations in the offspring, and these are not always distinguishable in the phenotypes.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013