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phylotypes

phylotypes is the plural of phylotype.

Meaning of phylotype

Noun

phylotype (plural phylotypes)

  1. A proposed stage in the development of an embryo at which those characteristics of a particular phylum develop.
    1. The pharyngula stage of vertebrates.
  2. A phenetic grouping.
    • But DNA sequencing isolated the 167,000 different phylotypes (roughly equivalent to species) contained in the samples.2014 October 2, Andy Newman, “Beneath Central Park, a Teeming Universe”, in New York Times City Room

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Questions about phylotypes

What is phylotypes the plural of?
Phylotypes is the plural of phylotype.

Words near phylotypes in the dictionary

  1. phylotranscriptomes
  2. phylotranscriptomic
  3. phylotranscriptomics
  4. phylotype
  5. phylotyped
  6. phylotypes
  7. phylotypic
  8. phylotyping
  9. phylozone
  10. phylum
  11. phylums

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