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Compare and contrast the terms genotype and phenotype. Describe at least two ways that they are alike and two ways that they are different.

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Genotype is the set of genes of a living being.

The phenotype is the external characters, what we see with the naked eye.

Similar characteristics

-both depend on the genes

-Both can be beneficial or not

Different features

-the genotype includes expressed and unexpressed genes and the phenotype only includes expressed genes

-the genotype is known by some type of analysis, and the phenotype is known only by looking at the individual

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1. both depend on inheritance and environment.
2. both include expressed genes.
3. both can be beneficial , harmful , or neutral.

Difference

1. genotype can be inherited while phenotype can not.
2. genotype includes expressed genes and non-expressed genes while phenotype includes expressed genes only.
3. genotype determined by genotyping while phenotype is determined by observing the organism ( looking at the organism ).
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