AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Agenotypeis the genetic makeup of an individual organism. Biologists use the term genotype to distinguish from phenotype, which consists of the observable characteristics of an organism.

Detailed explanation-2: -A person’s genetic makeup is called a genotype.

Detailed explanation-3: -A person’s genotype is their unique sequence of DNA. More specifically, this term is used to refer to the two alleles a person has inherited for a particular gene. Phenotype is the detectable expression of this genotype – a patient’s clinical presentation.

Detailed explanation-4: -The genetic make up of an organism is referred to as its genotype whereas the physical appearance of an organism is called its phenotype. Genotype tells about the types of alleles of a gene present in an organism. A organism may have different phenotype and genotype.

Detailed explanation-5: -An organism’s genotype is the set of genes that it carries. An organism’s phenotype is all of its observable characteristics-which are influenced both by its genotype and by the environment.