Question

​When Chester is conceived by his parents, he has the genetic instructions to grow up to be 6’1’’ tall. During his childhood, however, he develops a digestive illness that significantly limits the amount of food he can eat, and he regularly fails to get enough vitamins in his diet. As a result, he grows up to be 5’11’’ tall. In this example, a height of 6’1’’ is best described as Chester’s ____ and a height of 5’11’’ is best described as Chester’s ____.

Answer 1

Answer:

genotype; phenotype  

Explanation:

Genotype is the array of genes that an organism carries. Whereas, the phenotype is all of the observable characteristics of an organism and are influenced both by the environment and its genotype. The genotype is defined as the set of genes present in our DNA and is responsible for a particular pattern or trait. The phenotype is the characteristics of the physical expression of that particular trait.

Example: Two different organisms having a minute difference in their genes possess or carry different genotypes such as hair color, eye color, heights, etc.