epigenotype

English

Etymology

From epi- +‎ genotype; compare epigenetic.

Noun

epigenotype (plural epigenotypes)

1. (genetics) The stable pattern of gene expression that is outside the actual base pair sequence of DNA.

Related terms

• epigenotypic

Verb

epigenotype (third-person singular simple present epigenotypes, present participle epigenotyping, simple past and past participle epigenotyped)

1. To analyse or document such genotypes.

See also

• epigenetics
• epiphenotype
• epigenetics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Richard G. Ham and Marilyn J. Veomett, Mechanisms of Development,^[1] Mosby (1980), →ISBN, page 331: “The inherited potential to express a particular type of differentiation has been termed the epigenotype of the cell. The implication of the term ‘epigenotype’ is that the predisposition of each cell to differentiate in a particular direction is a heritable characteristic that has somehow been superimposed on the basic genetic program of that cell.”