| KaDoKits Exotics presents... Phenotype vs. Genotype Phenotype is what the cat looks like. I think of "photo", which you look at, to help me make a connection. Genotype is what the genes are, the DNA code. An Example A black shorthair cat's phenotype is black--a dense color, D solid/self--no pattern, C shorthair-- H Its genotype could be... black carrying dilute--Dd solid/self carrying color-point--Ccs shorthair carrying longhair--Hh or.... its genotype could be.... homozygous dense--black with no dilute gene--DD homozygous solid/self--solid with no color-point gene--CC homozygous shorthair--no longhair gene--HH or.... its genotype could be any combination of those! * |
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