karyotypic, a. Biol. and Med.
(kærɪəʊˈtɪpɪk)
[f. as prec. + -ic.]
Of or pertaining to a karyotype. Also karyoˈtypical a., in the same sense.
| 1931 Trudȳ po Prikladnoĭ Botanike i Selektsii XXVII. i. 236 The lowest type of karyotypical variations are certainly the polyploid multiplication of sets. 1959 Cytologia XXIV. 390 No work has yet been carried out to find out how far karyotypic changes..have contributed to the origin of these varieties. 1963 Canad. Jrnl. Genetics & Cytol. V. 132 The idiogram can also be considered as a standard for detecting potential karyotypical alterations. 1964 M. Harris Cell Culture & Somatic Variation iv. 201 Various neoplasms among a series of related tumors were found to share these features, although individual differences were found in the detailed karyotypic patterns. 1968 New Scientist 2 May 219/2 Karyotypic analysis, or biochemical tests for the presence of sex-linked genes.., might be employed as alternative methods of sexing. |
Hence karyoˈtypically adv., as regards karyotype.
| 1965 Canad. Jrnl. Genetics & Cytol. VII. 358 Karyotypically abnormal cells. 1972 Science 23 June 1333/1 Differences in..chromosome lengths between two karyotypically divergent groups of Peromyscus maniculatus are taken as evidence for an addition-deletion mechanism of chromosomal variation. 1972 Nature 8 Sept. 88/2 Several HAT-resistant clones were karyotypically male. |