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+title: The genotype–phenotype map
+kind: problem
+status: open
+year: 1909
+statement: Can an organism's traits be predicted from its genome?
+space: heredity
+---
+Most traits depend on thousands of variants of tiny effect interacting with environment. Height, one of the best-studied traits, is now largely explained by common variants, but for most traits prediction is weak. The missing link is development: how a genome builds a body.
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+## Sources
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+- [Wikipedia: Genotype–phenotype distinction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genotype%E2%80%93phenotype_distinction)
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+[[Space:heredity|Heredity and the code]] · [[Continent:life|Life]]
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Most traits depend on thousands of variants of tiny effect interacting with environment. Height, one of the best-studied traits, is now largely explained by common variants, but for most traits prediction is weak. The missing link is development: how a genome builds a body.