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What is a Trait?

Answer – In genetics, a trait is a specific characteristic or feature of an individual organism.

Explanation:

Traits are a part of an organism’s phenotype and refer to specific characteristics, attributes or features that they have. These are passed to the individual organism through the genes that they have inherited or are a function of their environment. Traits may be expressed as physical features or even as characteristic behaviors.

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Which of the following best describes the greenhouse effect? A. Prevents solar radiation from reaching the Earth’s atmosphere; B. Reduces the total amount of radiation reaching the Earth’s surface; C. Traps light re-radiated from the ground; D. Traps heat re-radiated from the Earth.

What are the phenotypes (descriptions) of rabbits that have the following genotypes?

If an individual is heterozygous for a particular trait: A. Each parent contributed a different allele for that trait; B. One parent contributed two different alleles for that trait; C. A mutation must have occurred; D. One parent contributed two copies of the same allele for that trait.

Now think about the diversity index you calculated in the diversity and succession labs: a value calculated of 10 in Habitat A and 5 in Habitat B would indicate: Habitat A likely has higher species richness and lower species evenness than Habitat B; Habitat A likely has lower species richness and lower species evenness than Habitat B; Habitat A likely has higher species richness and higher species evenness than Habitat B; Habitat A likely has higher species richness and the same species evenness as Habitat B.

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