Question

Joseph was born with the potential to be quite tall; however, during his childhood his family struggled and he didn’t have a nutritious diet. The result is that Joseph is not as tall as his parents. Another way of describing Joseph’s situation is that his ______ was(were) not expressed in his _____.

Answer 1

Answer: genotype ; phenotype

Explanation: Analyzing individual's genotype refers to the hereditary composition or what is embedded in the genes of a person. However, the phenotype refers to those attributes or characters in an individual's genetic composition which are observable, they include the traits, character and behavior which could be physically observed or accessed about an individual's hereditary composition. In the context above, Josephbwas supposed to be tall due to the fact that his parent's were, which is the genotype, embedded hereditary information, However, he wasn't as tall as expected due to nutritional constraint, which is the physical or observable trait of Joseph's height, this is the phenotype.

Answer 2

Question Options:

a) susceptibility genes; longevity genes

b) longevity genes; susceptibility genes

c) phenotype; genotype

d) genotype; phenotype

Answer:d) genotype;phenotype

Explanation: Genotype can be defined as the part (DNA sequence) of the genetic makeup of an organism which determines a specific characteristic (phenotype) of that organism.

While the Phenotype is defined as the appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.

Joseph's genotype is a potential to be tall but due to some circumstances surrounding him, it couldn't be expressed, the Phenotype.