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What is the relationship between phenotype and genotype?

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The genotype of an organism is defined as the sum of all its genes.

The phenotype of an organism is the observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism, determined by both genetic make-up and environmental influences.

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A phenotype is the combination of alleles that you have for a certain feature. So a person who suffers from sickle cell disease or cystic fibrosis will have 2 identical recessive alleles coding for a mutation that results in them having the condition (the phenotype).

The phenotype is the observable characteristic someone has as a result of their genotype, so if a plant has one dominant allele and one recessive for height, it will be tall. If it has 2 recessive alleles, it will be short.

These are just examples but I hope you get the idea.

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