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Genotype - phenotype concept was first produced by

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Bateson
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Johannsen
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Sutton & Boveri
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Punnet
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The correct option is B Johannsen
The complete set of gene present in the DNA of an organisms is called genotype. The external physical characters of a trait that are expressed is called phenotype. Wilhelm Johannsen first studied heredity and proposed the difference between genotype and phenotype. According to Johannsen, the genotype of an organism is responsible for its phenotype through development and environmental effect. Thus the correct answer is option B.

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