different between karyotype vs ideotype

English

Etymology

From Russian ???????? (kariotip), corresponding to karyo- +? -type.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ka???(?)ta?p/

Noun

karyotype (plural karyotypes)

1. (genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species.
2. (genetics) A record of such characteristics, usually photographic.
3. (obsolete, genetics) A group of individuals or species that have the same chromosomal characteristics.

Derived terms

Related terms

• karyogram
• karyograph

Translations

Verb

karyotype (third-person singular simple present karyotypes, present participle karyotyping, simple past and past participle karyotyped)

1. To investigate or record such characteristics

English

Etymology

ideo- +? -type

Noun

ideotype (plural ideotypes)

1. A specimen identified as belonging to a specific taxon by the author of that taxon, but collected from somewhere other than the type locality
2. (cognitive science) A type of concept metarepresentation that is a compound memory trace consisting of the structural information detected by humans in categorical stimuli

Related terms

• ideotypic

See also

• idiotype