Friday, February 25, 2011

genotype and phenotype

These are basically described as two different types of plants. The first one is genotype and that refers to the amount alleles an individual receives at fertilization. Lets break down the word, it consist of birth, shape, what type it is or even race. This mean that genotype can be explained be cause itself explains what types of plants are which by the information that it gives off just by the way  it looks, it grows, smells, or if it is short or tall. Phenotype does not do the same funciton as that of genotype. Phenotype refers to just the appearance and the appearcan alone. Lets list some examples. The genotype is homozygous dominant which means that it will most likely be a tall plant. Then it can also be homozygous recessive whic hresult in a short plant. Again it depends on the amount of alleles that are given to the plant during fertiliation on how tall the plant will grow. How theses two are alike are the fact that they both can be homozygous, or homozygous dominant and recessive resulting in two tall plants and one short plant. One shows that type throuh size, shape, the way it grows and more whiule the other just ables it to be identified by its shape.

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