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Science glossary film: Phenotype

Phenotype

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The observable physical and behavioural characteristics of an organism.

The physical and behavioural characteristics of an individual. The phenotype is the observable way genes are expressed: for example, an individual may have alleles for both blue and brown eye colour in their genotype, but would express the dominant allele only and have a phenotype of brown eyes.

The phenotype is the observable way genes are expressed: for example, an individual may have alleles for both blue and brown eye colour in their genotype, but would express the dominant allele only and have a phenotype of brown eyes.

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