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How are genotype and phenotype alike?

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Genotype is the specific combination of genes that contribute to a trait that an organism has. (For example, the genes for being tall).

Phenotype is the expression of the trait which is partially influenced due to the genotype and partly by the environment (Even if you have the genes for being tall, if you are malnourished you will not grow as tall).

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