phenotype

See also: phénotype

English

Etymology

pheno- +‎ -type

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfiːnə(ʊ)ˌtaɪp/

Noun

phenotype (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

Terms derived from phenotype

Translations

appearance of organism

Armenian: ֆենոտիպ (hy) (fenotip)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 表現型 (zh), 表现型 (zh) (biǎoxiànxíng)
Czech: fenotyp m
Dutch: fenotype (nl) n, verschijningsvorm (nl) m
Finnish: fenotyyppi (fi), ilmiasu (fi)
French: phénotype (fr) m
German: Phänotyp (de) m, Erscheinungsbild (de) n
Greek: φαινότυπος (el) m (fainótypos)
Hungarian: fenotípus

Icelandic: svipgerð f, svipfar n
Italian: fenotipo (it)
Japanese: 表現型 (ひょうげんがた, hyōgengata)
Korean: 표현형 (pyohyeonhyeong)
Portuguese: fenótipo
Romanian: fenotip (ro) n
Russian: феноти́п (ru) (fenotíp)
Serbo-Croatian: fenotip (sh) m
Spanish: fenotipo (es)
Swedish: fenotyp (sv) c

Verb

phenotype (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, 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.

Related terms

genotype

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