EMBRYOLOGY
CHROMOSOMES AND CELL DIVISIONS
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Question
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Geneticists use ____ to represent ____, the different forms of a gene.
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Numbers ; Alleles
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Letters ; Factors
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Letters ; Alleles
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Numbers ; Factors
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Within an individual organism, the specific combination of alleles for a gene is known as the genotype of the organism, and (as mentioned above) the physical trait associated with that genotype is called the phenotype of the organism.
Detailed explanation-2: -Alleles are labeled with letters. A capital letter means the allele is dominant. A lowercase letter means the allele is recessive. The genetic makeup of an individual is its genotype.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dominant alleles are represented by capital letters and recessive alleles are represented by lowercase letters. For example, blue eyes are a recessive trait and brown eyes are a dominant trait.
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