The Median Is Not Always the 50^th Percentile

question 116

True/False

The median is not always the 50^th percentile.

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Definitions:

Phenotype

The way an individual’s genotype is expressed in observed and measurable characteristics.

Genotype

A person’s genetic heritage; the actual genetic material present in each cell.

Recessive Trait

A genetic characteristic that is expressed in an organism only when two copies of the gene responsible for the trait are present.

Mitosis

Cellular reproduction in which the cell’s nucleus duplicates itself with two new cells being formed, each containing the same DNA as the parent cell, arranged in the same 23 pairs of chromosomes.