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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

filotipo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: filotipo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Phylotype/ˈfaɪ.loʊ.taɪp/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Se determinó el filotipo mediante secuenciación de ADN."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A group of organisms classified into a single taxonomic category based on shared phylogenetic or evolutionary characteristics, often determined by genetic sequencing.

    "Researchers identified a novel bacterial phylotype dominant in the gut microbiome of the patients."
  2. 2

    A classification of an organism based on its DNA sequence similarities rather than traditional morphological traits.

    "Each phylotype within the water sample represents a distinct microbial lineage."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek words 'phylon' meaning tribe, race, or class, and 'typos' meaning mark, type, or model. Coined in modern biological and taxonomic nomenclature during the late 20th century to classify groups of organisms or genetic sequences sharing a specified degree of phylogenetic relatedness.

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