AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Phenotype refers to an individual’s observable traits, such as height, eye color and blood type. A person’s phenotype is determined by both their genomic makeup (genotype) and environmental factors.

Detailed explanation-2: -(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: -A trait is an attribute of the organism’s phenotype. Thus, in genetics, the trait is also referred to as the phenotypic trait, to distinguish one trait from another within the more-inclusive term, phenotype. The phenotype of an organism is comprised of different traits.

Detailed explanation-4: -Phenotype refers to the physical traits that are observed in an organism which are the outcome of the expression of the genes of an individual. The genotype determines the phenotype of an individual.

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.