Genotype
•Refers to the letter (allele) combination
–TT, Tt. tt
•If a capital letter is present in the letter pair, the dominant trait will be expressed in that organism.
•If 2 lower case letters are paired, the recessive trait will be expressed in that organism.
–TT, Tt. tt
•If a capital letter is present in the letter pair, the dominant trait will be expressed in that organism.
•If 2 lower case letters are paired, the recessive trait will be expressed in that organism.
Phenotype
•Refers to the physical characteristic being expressed
•Uses words/phrases to describe not letters
•Examples:
–tall, short
–white, black
•Uses words/phrases to describe not letters
•Examples:
–tall, short
–white, black