LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

GENETICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ is the appearance of an organism, or how it looks
A
ratio
B
recessive trait
C
heredity
D
phentotype
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The term “phenotype” refers to the observable physical properties of an organism; these include the organism’s appearance, development, and behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -The organism phenotype includes its morphological, biochemical, physiological, and behavioral properties. Therefore, the phenotype is the total characteristics displayed by an organism that results from the expression of the genes of an organism as well as the influence of environmental factors and random variation.

Detailed explanation-3: -(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-4: -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.

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