Genotype-environment interaction
What Genotype-environment interaction means in Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Phenotype is the observable characteristic produced by the interaction of genotype with the environment, so environmental factors can alter gene expression and therefore observable characteristics.
Environmental factors also affect polygenic phenotypes, so the observed phenotype results from genotype interacting with environment, not genotype alone.
Topics that use Genotype-environment interaction
- Topic 3: Voice of the Genome (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Acrosome
- Acrosome reaction
- Cell cycle and interphase
- Continuous variation and normal distribution
- Cortical reaction
- Differential gene expression
- DNA methylation
- DNA replication and sister chromatids
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