How to Use genotype in a Sentence

genotype

noun

• What will the proportion of the three genotypes in the first generation be?
  — Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2017
• Are all genotypes with one phenotype in one corner of that space?
  — Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
• The lab GenoPalate works with performs a genotype by using micro-arrays, disc-like devices to read the variants in the genes.
  — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2017
• That is why Phylos’ genotype test can be a valuable tool for cannabis growers and breeders.
  — Hannah Wallace, WIRED, 24 July 2019
• The Pima would not have survived the frequent famines through the centuries without evolving their thrifty genotype.
  — Sylvia Tara, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2019
• These first landscapes comprised only about 20 to 40 or so genotypes.
  — Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
• This is in part coded by your genotype, the genetic software that powers the hardware.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 12 Feb. 2020
• There are SNPs on this locus which correlate with brown vs. blonde hair, but my blonde father-in-law shares the same genotype as some of my siblings (who have black hair).
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2012
• Those viruses with greater than 15 percent genetic variation are said to be of the same genotype.
  — Paul Sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• One modern strain, genotype A, was previously thought to have emerged in Africa and spread to the Americas and India within the last few centuries via the slave trade.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 11 May 2018
• The fourth vaccine, EV71vac, is based on the B4 genotype and included participants as young as two months old in the phase 2 clinical trial.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 June 2022
• Now they are increasingly distinguished by their specific genotype that reveals which of the panoply of genes that can make a cell cancerous have gone wrong in this one.
  — The Economist, 12 Mar. 2020
• That means millions of genotypes that can be used by clinicians and researchers to home in on and characterize genes linked to specific diseases.
  — Maryam Zaringhalam, Slate Magazine, 18 May 2017
• Chimerism is a term in genetics that describes a single organism with two distinct genotypes.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 7 Dec. 2019
• Mattinison was, perhaps, one of the last of an almost extinct genotype—the happy company man, the lifer.
  — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
• My soul is not in my genes, and certainly my genotype reflects me with far less obvious fidelity than a photograph would.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2013
• Both species harbor the same bacterial genotype, called 3I, that has been linked to human infections in medieval Europe.
  — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 11 Nov. 2020
• While three of the team’s infections showed different variants indicating those infections came outside the team, one genotype raced through the club.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
• Because genetic differences among the trees seem to determine which of the two groups of EM fungi colonizes them, the team will be careful to plant seedlings with the right genotype to attract the drought-resistant fungi.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 26 Aug. 2020
• Meanwhile, scientists are working rapidly to learn more about plants’ genes, or their genotype, and match these genetic traits with the plants’ physical traits, or their phenotype.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2021
• The same is true of the treatment ratings: Customers can sort them by reported efficacy and popularity, but not by their own genotype.
  — Megan Molteni, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2018
• Research has even revealed coral genotypes that are more tolerant of temperature changes, which can be transplanted into more at-risk sites.
  — Rachel Brown, National Geographic, 15 Feb. 2017
• Natural selection favors the variants on peaks: The average genotype or phenotype of a species should evolve by moving from one peak to the next, ideally along a ridge between them rather than through the valleys.
  — Quanta Magazine, 11 Jan. 2022
• After a year, people had lost an average of 13 pounds, but weight loss varied widely (some lost much more and others gained weight) and the study offered no clues as to which genotype might be predictive of weight loss success with either menu.
  — Samantha Cassetty, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2019
• So at the end of the day, this genetic engineering enables the creation of mice that have four sexes: XX mice with ovaries, that is the typical female biologic genotype and phenotype.
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 27 July 2022
• The team is also using the phenotype and genotype data to determine how to grow plants without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Apr. 2022
• Researchers compared the longevity results in the two countries, and controlled for a number of factors, including age, sex, genotype, pancreatic status and more.
  — Aaron E. Carroll, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2017
• Ultimately the subjects' genotypes did not appear to influence their responses to the diets.
  — Author: Anahad O'Connor, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Feb. 2018
• Ultimately the subjects’ genotypes did not appear to influence their responses to the diets.
  — Anahad O’Connor, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2018
• Since most organisms have two inherited sets of genes, one contributed by each parent, an individual plant might have AA or Aa or aa to make up what’s called its genotype.
  — Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024