OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
GENETICS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The genetic make up (code)
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The physical trait
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A genotype is a scoring of the type of variant present at a given location (i.e., a locus) in the genome. It can be represented by symbols. For example, BB, Bb, bb could be used to represent a given variant in a gene.
Detailed explanation-2: -Broadly speaking, a genotype is the genetic constitution of an individual organism. For example, my genotype is my specific genetic make-up – not the genetic make-up of humans in general. A phenotype, on the other hand, is made up of the observable traits of an organism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Genotype and phenotype are two different concepts but are closely related to each other. 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.