Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question 49
49. Phenotype of an organism is the result of
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(a) cytoplasmic effects and nutrition
(b) environmental changes and sexual dimorphism
(c) genotype and environment interactions
(d) mutations and linkages
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Answer : c
Hints & Solution
(c) Phenotype is the appearance of one organism while genotype is the gene complement it has from its ancestors. These genes only show their effect in phenotype but environment also plays an important role in this. Hence phenotype is a result of genotype and environmental interaction.
