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What is a genotype?

the ratio of dominant to recessive genes in an individual


an organism’s combination of genes for a trait


an organism’s appearance as a result of its genes


the collection of dominant genes in an organism

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Your genotype is your complete heritable genetic identity; it is your unique genome that would be revealed by personal genome sequencing. However, the word ...
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Option B, an organism’s combination of genes for a trait

Step-by-step explanation:

Genotype is the combination of genes that represents a specific trait. For example if there are two genes "Y" and "y" for color of flower (color is a trait ) of pea plant with "Y" representing Yellow color and "y" representing green color, then the possible genotype pair would be -

YY, Yy, yy. The phenotype of these genotype depends on the dominant gene.

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