Pathogenicity Refers to the Ability of an Organism to Cause

question 18

True/False

Pathogenicity refers to the ability of an organism to cause damage or disease in the host.

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Definitions:

Phenotypes

The observable characteristics or traits of an organism, resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.

Blood Clotting

The process that prevents excessive bleeding when the vascular system is injured, involving the transformation of blood from a liquid to a gel.

Incomplete Dominance

A condition in which neither member of a pair of contrasting alleles is completely expressed when the other is present.

Heterozygous

A genetic condition where an individual has two different alleles at a gene locus.