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Don't like how someone looks? Blame their phenotypes.

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00:00

Phenotype, a la Shmoop. Phenotype is the set of observable traits [guy gives girl flowers]

00:11

an individual has, like height or eye color. Genotype is, quite simply, what genes you [guy runs away with a pair of jeans]

00:17

have.

00:18

So… don’t count the ones you’ve given to Goodwill.

00:23

But even though organisms may share genes…[two penguins fight over a strand of DNA]

00:26

… they’re not always expressed in the same way.

00:30

Think about twins. Haven’t you noticed that one is always good

00:34

and one is always evil? [good twin holds flower, evil one a bomb]

00:36

This is because genes don’t have the final word on the traits of an organism [girl carries basket of vegetables and then falls]

00:42

The environment also affects the expression of genes and the characteristics of that individual. [mutated him and dog walking around toxic waste]

00:50

This list of traits is called a phenotype. So… if you cloned Genghis Khan today, he

00:58

might not become a marauding warrior. He might be a barista.

01:04

If he gets your name wrong on your cup, probably best not to

01:26

correct him. [sword chops coffee in half]

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