Genetic constitution of an organism is termed as .
A
phenotype
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B
genotype
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C
dominance
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Solution
The correct option is B genotype Genotype means the genetic makeup or constitution of an organism. It can refer to a set of alleles or genes or even the entire set of chromosomes in an organism. Genotype determines the phenotype i.e. the set of observable characters of that organism.