Environmental influence — Science definition
A factor in the surroundings — light, nutrition, temperature, injury, learning — affecting how genetic information is expressed.
Where it is taught
- Inherited Traits, Environment & Mutation — Genes, Cell Division & Heredity, Life Science & Scientific Inquiry, Grade 7
In use
An environmental influence is a factor in the surroundings affecting how that information is expressed — light, nutrition, temperature, injury, what an organism learns.
Inherited Traits, Environment & Mutation