Combined Science GCSE
Determine phenotype
What Determine phenotype means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The mutation alone decides the characteristic, as in a genetic disorder or a decisive change such as antibiotic resistance.
Topics that use Determine phenotype
- Variation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- combination of genes and the environment
- DNA and mutation
- environment
- Environmental change and allele frequency
- Environmental variation
- Gametes
- Gene–environment interaction
- Genetic variation
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