Bita and Behruz have brown eyes. Their son Kamran received the genetic information for eye color from both of his parents and therefore has brown eyes. This outwardly observable genetic trait is known as a person's __________.

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An individual's phenotype is the observable trait, the trait that is actually seen. In this example, Kamran has brown eyes, his phenotype, despite the fact that we don't know Kamran's actual genetic information (genotype).

Bita and Behruz Have Brown Eyes