BIOL 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Genetic Variation, Genetic Recombination, Melanocortin 1 Receptor

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Phenotypic variation can have genetic and environmental causes. When looking at quantitative variation a low broad curve indicates a lot of variation, versus a high narrow curve indicates a little variation. Phenotypic variation can be caused by: 1. Differences in the environmental factors that individuals experience: 3. An interaction between genetics and environment genotypes but have same phenotype) *in rare cases organisms with different genotypes exhibit the same phenotype: ex: black colour of some mice caused by mc1r gene in arizona but. Organisms with same genotype sometimes have diff phenotypes: ex: acidity of soil influences flower colour in plants. Only genetically based variation is subject to evolutionary change. How do we figure out if the phenotypic variation is caused by environmental phenotype is the product of an interaction between its genotype and its environment black mice from new mexico don"t have this mutation (have different.

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