haplotype

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/ˈhap.lə(ʊ).taɪp/

noun

A haploid genotype: a group of alleles that are transmitted together.

Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

nounhaplotype (plural haplotypes)

plural haplotypes

  1. biologyA haploid genotype: a group of alleles that are transmitted together.
verbhaplotype (third-person singular simple present haplotypes, present participle haplotyping, simple past and past participle haplotyped)

present singular third person haplotypes · participle present haplotyping · participle past haplotyped · past haplotyped

  1. biologyTo characterize with respect to haplotype

Origin

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 單倍型 /单倍型, 單體型 /单体型
  • 單倍型 /单倍型 (dānbèixíng)group of alleles
  • 單體型 /单体型 (dāntǐxíng)group of alleles
Finnish haplotyyppi
  • haplotyyppigroup of alleles
French haplotype
  • haplotypegroup of alleles
German Haplotyp
  • Haplotypgroup of alleles
Greek απλότυπος
  • απλότυπος (aplótypos)group of alleles
Hungarian haplotípus
  • haplotípusgroup of alleles
Icelandic setröð, einlitna arfgerð
  • setröðgroup of alleles
  • einlitna arfgerðgroup of alleles
Italian aplotipo
  • aplotipogroup of alleles
Portuguese haplótipo
  • haplótipogroup of alleles
Russian гаплоти́п
  • гаплоти́п (gaplotíp)group of alleles
Spanish haplotipo
  • haplotipogroup of alleles
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APA

haplotype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haplotype

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Chicago

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