What are three examples of environmental factors that can influence how your genes are expressed?

What are three examples of environmental factors that can influence how your genes are expressed?

The environment has the potential to affect our DNA. Image: Unsplash/George Prentzas

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What are 3 factors that influence gene expression?

Various factors, including genetic makeup, exposure to harmful substances, other environmental influences, and age, can affect expressivity. Both penetrance and expressivity can vary: People with the gene may or may not have the trait and, in people with the trait, how the trait is expressed can vary.

What are 3 environmental factors that can affect traits?

The environment in which an organism lives can affect many of its inherited traits. Food, temperature, sunlight, and water are examples of environmental factors that can affect an organism's traits. Many characteristics of plants and animals involve both inheritance and the environment.