Author:
Kristi Prohm

Date of Publication:
May 31, 2019

Publication:
The Better Breeding Blog

Excerpt:
The word trait, you may recall, is often used interchangeably with phenotype, but they are not the same thing at all.

A trait is something that can be measured or observed, for example temperament, colour or wool staple length/year.
A phenotype is the value of the trait: ‘aggressive’, ‘brindle’ or ‘120mm’.

Traits fall into two categories: simply-inherited and polygenic.

Read the rest of the article: https://betterbreeding.solutions/index.php/blog/simply-inherited-and-polygenic-traits-what-they-are-and-their-differences