Phenotypic Trait
A trait is a distinct variant of a phenotypic character of an organism that may be inherited, be environmentally determined or be a combination of the two. For example, eye color is a character or abstraction of an attribute, while blue, brown and hazel are traits.
Read more about Phenotypic Trait: Definition, Genetic Origin of Traits in Diploid Organisms, Mendelian Expression of Genes in Diploid Organisms, Biochemistry of Dominance and Extensions To Expression of Traits
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“This is ... a trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree that we do—namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment unless the world as a whole recognizes how innocent we are of anything but the most generous and harmless intentions.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)