Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 7th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073403717
ISBN 13: 978-0-07340-371-7

Chapter 4 - Section 4.4 - Chromosomes and Heredity - Before You Go On - Page 135: 18

Answer

1) An individual's phenotype can't be used to determine its genotype because the genotype determines the phenotype. 2) The genes carry much more information then is shown by the phenotype. 3) Some genotypes result in the same phenotype.

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