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Why a student inherited a recessive phenotype of a particular characteristic even both the parent are phenotypically dominant for the characteristic?
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∙ 12y ago
May be the parents are heterozygous.So, the percentage for the students to inherit a recessive phenotype from the parents is 25%.
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∙ 12y ago
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What is the phenotype of a heterozygous individual what is the genotype of a heterozygous individual?
Bb The phenotype is what the individual looks like. The genotype is the genetic material at the site that can be passed on even if it isn't expressed. For example: Animal with black hair bb (can only pass the black characteristic on to it's offspring because it is homozygous recessive). It is phenotypically black. An animal with red hair can be Bb or BB. Bb is heterozygous and the animal is phenotypically red. BB is homozygous dominant for red and the animal is phenotypically red. More information than requested but an explanation none the less.
Which terms describes inherited traits that are visible?
phenotype
The physical characteristic of an organism?
A physical characteristic of an organism are its phenotype. The phenotype comes from the organisms genes and the environment it lives in.
What is another name for an observable feature or characteristic of an organism?
Inherited features of an organism include eye color, hair color and skin color. While everyone has their own features, the make up of our features are determined by genetics.
Which describes inherited traits that are visible?
phenotype
What is the phenotype of?
A phenotype is the whole set of the characteristic of an organism, like physical characteristics (colour of skin, presence of plumes, presence of wings), behavior (like type of nest, nutritional habits and so on). The phenotype is the result of the so called genotype (the set of inherited genetic information) and of the organism history and experience.
What is an observable characteristic of an organism?
phenotype
The outward appearance of a characteristic is what?
phenotype
What physical characteristic of an organism?
Phenotype
What is a description for phenotype and example?
The phenotype is a physical characteristic that is expressed by the genes. ----- An example of a phenotype is human blood group.
Which term describes inherited traits are visible?
The term that describes inherited traits that are visible would be the organisms phenotype. The genotype would be the genes that make the traits.
How are genotypes and phenotype related?
Genotype and phenotype are to words that are not related. Genotype refers to classification by comparing genetics. Phenotype refers to classification according to the appearance of an organism.
