Compare and contrast the following terms, then present a practical example about the heritability of one or more traits that illustrates the fundamentals of Mendelian inheritance.
a. phenotype / genotype
b. homozygous / heterozygous
c. gene / allele
d. dominant / recessive genes
Compare and contrast the following terms, then present a practical example about the heritability of one or more traits that illustrates the fundamentals of Mendelian inheritance.
a. phenotype / genotype
b. homozygous / heterozygous
c. gene / allele
d. dominant / recessive genes
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