genotypic

Variant of genotype

noun

  1. the fundamental constitution of an organism in terms of its hereditary factors
  2. a group of organisms each having the same hereditary characteristics
  3. the type species of a genus

Origin: < Gr genos, race, kind (see genus) + -type

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