Question

PLZ HELP ASAP!! Environmental factors can influence the gene expression in some organisms.

Describe how environmental factors can affect an organism’s phenotype.
Explain how light exposure can affect gene expression in organisms of the same species. Provide an example.

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Answer 1

The greatest of environmental factors on phenotype is on phenotypic plasticity, phenotypes that may change due to changes in the environment; ex: snowshoe hare have brown-colored fur in summer/spring and white fur in winter. Environmental factors may affect gene expression which may result in normal/abnormal phenotypic changes.

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