Definition of "haplotype" []

• A group of alleles that are transmitted together. (noun)
• To characterize with respect to haplotype. (verb)

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• "So perhaps part of the reason the "Ghengis Khan haplotype" is so prevalent now is that the competing male lineages at the time were wiped out?"
• "The similar Y-DNA pattern possessed by Andrew, Ben, and Caleb Smith is called a haplotype, and like their surname Smith, the Y chromosome haplotype can be traced back through the male half of the family line for thousands of years."
• "Scrape the inside of your cheek a few times, and for $100 and up, a testing company will put your DNA under its microscope, map your markers into your own genetic pattern called a haplotype, then tell you which "haplogroup," or major branch of the human tree, you hail from."