Biology
Grade-10
Easy
Question
Penetrance only describes whether or not individuals express a trait or not.
- True
- False
Hint:
True
The correct answer is 'True'.
For accurate measurements of penetrance, it is necessary to record genotypes and phenotypes in a large population. It is important to note that penetrance only describes whether or not individuals express a trait or not. It is not used to describe individual variations in the degree of expression of a particular gene, which is known as expressivity.
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