EMBRYOLOGY
NERVOUS SYSTEM
Question
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Set of genes carried by the organism, the “genetic” make-up (letters).
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Physical expression of the genes, the way the trait shows.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In a broad sense, the term “genotype” refers to the genetic makeup of an organism; in other words, it describes an organism’s complete set of genes. In a more narrow sense, the term can be used to refer to the alleles, or variant forms of a gene, that are carried by an organism.
Detailed explanation-2: -genotype = the genes of an organism; for one specific trait we use two letters to represent the genotype. A capital letter represents the dominant form of a gene (allele), and a lowercase letter is the abbreviation for the recessive form of the gene (allele).
Detailed explanation-3: -(JEE-noh-tipe) At its broadest level, genotype includes the entire genetic constitution of an individual. It is often applied more narrowly to the set of alleles present at one or more specific loci.