Which of the following is the clearest example of an interaction between genes and environment?   Group of answer choices Alice has green eyes, whereas her brother has brown eyes Children with two alleles for phenylketonuria develop the disease but children with only one allele do not have even a weak form of the disease People born with genes for gluten intolerance get very sick when they eat gluten A child with two average-height parents grows up to be quite a bit taller than average

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Which of the following is the clearest example of an interaction between genes and environment?

 

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Alice has green eyes, whereas her brother has brown eyes
Children with two alleles for phenylketonuria develop the disease but children with only one allele do not have even a weak form of the disease
People born with genes for gluten intolerance get very sick when they eat gluten
A child with two average-height parents grows up to be quite a bit taller than average
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Gene and environment interaction

The interaction occurs when two different genotypes respond to the environmental variation in different ways. The relationship between the genes and environmental factors is shown by a norm of graph in a condition of continuous phenotypic differences.

 

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