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Explain the difference between phenotype and genotype using an example

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Genotype and phenotype are two fundamental terms in the science of genetics. ... An organism's genotype is the set of genes in its DNA responsible for a particular trait. An organism's phenotype is the physical expression of those genes. An example of this is, behavior, color,shape,size
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Genotype is an organisms genetic information a phenotype is a characteristic that can be seen physically
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