No it is not possible since there can be dominated or recessive alleles involved. A heterozygous for a specific gene can display the same phenotype as a homozygous for the same gene.
In this case the objects must be touching
Bacteria are a prokaryotic cell, did it in class the other day
<em>when two reproductive cells join together they simply cross over their chromatids exchanging characteristics so new individual has the characters of both mother and father...</em>