EBK ESSENTIALS OF GENETICS
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Author: Palladino
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The definition of genotype and
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Genotype is the genetic constitution of an organism that influences its physical features that are collectively termed as the phenotype of an organism. Genotype and phenotype are related to each other in a way that the latter is influenced by the previous one. Alleles are the different copies of the same gene.
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EBK ESSENTIALS OF GENETICS
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- As alternative form of a single gene is known as parental, dihybrid, reciprocal, allele, or recessivearrow_forwardIf I got an A from my father and a O from my mother for my genotype. How would my phenotype be expressed? What is my blood type? Explain your reasoning for both answers.arrow_forwardDefine and explain the relationship between genotypes and phenotypes (50 words) and dominant and recessive traits (50 words).arrow_forward
- An individual ______ determines its observable _________. 1-gene location, allele 2- phenotype, genotype 3- homozygote, heterozygote 4- heterozygote, homozygote 5 - genotype, phenotypearrow_forwardA person has the genotype AabbCCDdEEFfGgHH for 8 genes. State how many genes are homozygous dominant, how many genes are heterozygous, and how many genes are recessive.arrow_forwardWhat is the chance that a man with type A blood, with a type-O mother, and a woman with type B blood, with two type AB parents, will have a child with type A blood? Show your work. Trait: Alleles: Cross: Punnet Square: Genotype Ratio: Phenotype ratio: Answer:arrow_forward
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