arfgerð
Icelandic
Etymology
From arfur (“inheritance”) and gerð (“kind, type”).
Noun
arfgerð f (genitive singular arfgerðar, nominative plural arfgerðir)
- (genetics) a genotype, a constitution; (the combination of alleles, situated on corresponding chromosomes, that determines a specific trait of an individual)
Synonyms
- (genotype): erfðafar, erfðagervi
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- arfgerðargreining (genotyping)
- framandi arfgerð (alien genotype)
- einlitna arfgerð (haplotype)
- hrein arfgerð (homozygote)