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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what´s the difference between genotype and fphenotype

OpenStudy (praetorian.10):

"The basic difference here is that one of these things has to do only with the way that an organism looks and one has to do only with what its genes are. The phenotype has only to do with how an organism looks. It is the outward appearance -- something that can be seen with the naked eye or at least without having to investigate the genes of that organism. So my phenotype, for example, includes brown eyes. The genotype has to do with what genes the organism has the causes it to have that particular phenotype. If you remember your Punnett squares, my brown eyes (according to high school level biology, at least) could be caused by two dominant genes or it could be caused by a dominant and a recessive. There is no way to know for sure in my case just by looking at my phenotype."

OpenStudy (praetorian.10):

also, the spelling is different, right @arabpride

OpenStudy (praetorian.10):

i dont think most people notice that verity

OpenStudy (arabpride):

gawsh yew NERD i would know now wud i? x'D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

phenotype: physical characteristics that you can observe such as height genotype: the organism's genes/biological makeup

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