genotype The genetic constitution of an organism, acquired from its parents and available for transmission to its offspring. See also: phenotype. GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms New Search: ...
Genotype - The genetic makeup of an organism. Genus - The sixth largest of the seven main taxonomic groups. For example Passiflora is the genus given to the passion fruits. By convention, the genus is always capitalized. Germination ...
Genotype The true genetic makeup of a plant. Genus A group of species possessing fundamental traits in common but differing in other lesser characteristics. Germinate The process of a seed sprouting.
(Gr. phainein, to appear; typos, image) the characters of an organism due to the interaction of genotype and environment, a group of individuals exhibiting the same phenotypic characters.
In the early 1700s, a French spy mapping Spanish forts in Chile, found another genotype which produced very large berries and took them back to France.
The genetic makeup, or genotype, of a plant may vary from place to place. When a nonlocal genotype is planted, it can mix with the local plants and alter the local gene pool in a way that decreases the plant's ability to survive in the area.
Phenotype- The plant as observed; the product of the interaction of the genes of an organism (genotype) with the environment.
See also: Plant, Organism, Genera, Phenotype, Variety
 
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