Icelandic

Noun

arfgerð f ‎(genitive singular arfgerðar, nominative plural arfgerðir)

1. (genetics) a genotype, a constitution; (the combination of alleles, situated on corresponding chromosomes, that determines a specific trait of an individual)

Coordinate terms

• svipgerð (phenotype)
• svipfar (phenotype)

Derived terms

• arfgerðargreining (genotyping)
• framandi arfgerð (alien genotype)
• einlitna arfgerð (haplotype)
• hrein arfgerð (homozygote)

Related terms

• arfgengi (heredity)
• arfgengur (hereditary)

See also

• genamengi
• stofnerfðafræði

Synonyms

• (genotype): erfðafar, erfðagervi