AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The term “phenotype” refers to the observable physical properties of an organism; these include the organism’s appearance, development, and behavior. An organism’s phenotype is determined by its genotype, which is the set of genes the organism carries, as well as by environmental influences upon these genes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Listen to pronunciation. (FEE-noh-tipe) The observable characteristics in an individual resulting from the expression of genes; the clinical presentation of an individual with a particular genotype.

Detailed explanation-3: -Phenotype refers to the observable characteristics of an organism. Hair colour and eye colour are all phenotypic characters of organisms. The genetic makeup of an organism is called genotype.

Detailed explanation-4: -Phenotype is the observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an individual organism, determined by both genetic make-up and environmental influences, for example, height, weight and skin colour.

Detailed explanation-5: -Physical appearance resulting from genotype is called phenotype. The phenotype is what you observe from the genes expressing themselves. For example, if you see that your eyes are brown, you have genes that express the color brown for your eyes.