what is meant by phenotype Related: Heredity - Inherited Traits, Mendels Contributions - Heredity and Evolution, Class 10, Science

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what is meant by phenotype Related:  Heredity - Inherited Traits, Mendels Contributions - Heredity and Evolution, Class 10, Science

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Phenotype....= observable characters....like. tall and dwarf...

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¶¶ Phenotype is a morphological expression of a single character.

¶¶ For example, tallness or shortness represents the phenotype of the plant.

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The phenotype (from Greek, Modern phainein, meaning 'to show', and typos, meaning 'type') of an organism is the composite of the organism's observable characteristics or traits, including as its morphology or physical form and structure; its developmental processes; its biochemical and physiological properties; its behavior, and the products of behavior, for example, a bird's nest. An organism's phenotype results from two basic factors: the expression of an organism's genetic code, or its genotype, and the influence of environmental factors, which may interact, further affecting phenotype. When two or more clearly different phenotypes exist in the same population of a species, the species is called polymorphic. A well-documented polymorphism is Labrador Retriever coloring; while the coat color depends on many genes, it is clearly seen in the environment as yellow, black and brown. Richard Dawkins in 1978[1] and then again in his 1982 book The Extended Phenotype suggested that bird nests and other built structures such as caddis fly larvae cases and beaver dams can be considered as 'extended phenotypes'.

The genotype-phenotype distinction was proposed by Wilhelm Johannsen in 1911 to make clear the difference between an organism's heredity and what that heredity produces.[2][3] The distinction is similar to that proposed by August Weismann, who distinguished between germ plasm (heredity) and somatic cells (the body).

The genotype-phenotype distinction should not be confused with Francis Crick's central dogma of molecular biology, which is a statement about the directionality of molecular sequential information flowing from DNA to protein, and not the reverse.

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Phenotype are characters which are identified by physical traits. eg.tall and dwarf humans or plants

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