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What phenotype will an individual with a heterozygous genotype display?

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An individual with a heterozygous genotype will display the phenotype associated with the dominant allele. The dominant allele will mask the expression of the recessive allele, which means that the trait determined by the recessive allele will not be visible in the individual's phenotype. The heterozygous individual will carry both the dominant and recessive alleles for the trait, but the dominant allele will be the one that determines the observable characteristic.
However, the heterozygous individual can still pass on the recessive allele to their offspring, which may result in the expression of the recessive phenotype in future generations
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The dominant trait would be expressed physically (phenotype)

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