PATHOLOGY MCQ
GENETICS AND DISEASE
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Question
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What is determined by genes?
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acquired characteristics
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the learned traits of an organism
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the inherited traits of an organism
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the lifestyle of an organism
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The traits an organism displays are ultimately determined by the genes it inherited from its parents, in other words by its genotype. Animals have two copies of all their chromosomes, one from each parent.
Detailed explanation-2: -Inherited, as related to genetics, refers to a trait or variants encoded in DNA and passed from parent to offspring during reproduction. Inheritance is determined by the rules of Mendelian genetics.
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