Difference between genotype and phenotype.

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  1. The living organism receives the genotype from the parents, as a result of the fusion of two carriers of hereditary information. The phenotype is formed on the basis of the genotype, it is influenced by a number of external factors and inevitable mutations.
  2. The genotype can be determined after DNA analysis, the phenotype is visible with the naked eye, already when analyzing the parameters of the appearance of a living organism.
  3. An individual transmits a set of genes to his offspring, the phenotype is formed in the process of individual development of a living being.
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