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What is an observable trait of an organism that can mask a recessive trait?
The observable characteristic are called the genotype and any dominant trait can mask the recessive. An example would be Black Angus cattle can actually carry a red recessive trait because black is the dominant trait in cattle breeding
What appearance of an individual due to its genetic makeup?
The observable trait that appears in an organism as a result of its genetic makeup is called a phenotype. Its underlying genetic makeup is referred to as the genotype.
What are an individuals expressed traits called?
genotype
What is an observable or measurable characteristic of an individual organism called?
Traits
What genetic term describes an observable trait of and individual 1. heterozygous 2. genotype 3. phenotype or 4. homozygous?
Phenotype
What word is used to describe an observable trait or characteristics?
a "dominant" trait
Which of the following is the best definition of the term phenotype?
Genotype is the alleles (different forms of a gene) which an individual has with respect to a particular characteristic. The Phenotype is how these genes are expressed in an individual.
What is the genetic makeup of an individual trait or for all of his or her inherited traits- the observable or detectable characteristics?
Different Genotypes are observed by varying phenotypes in a population
If an individual has the copies of a trait the same what is it called?
Homozygous
What is a genetic trait?
A trait is an observable, physical characteristic of an organism (a phenotype). A FACTOR is the underlying genetic cause of the TRAIT (the genotype).
In a hybrid individual the trait that is covered and not exspresed is called what?
dominat
What is an organism that is heterozygous for a harmful trait?
Assuming the deleterious trait is recessive, the individual would be called a carrier.
