My reflection: Like the general public, I assumed that we inherit all …show more content…
Through math, he discovered how certain factors could control the trait or appearance a pea would have when producing offspring. Mendel, when conducting his experience, should have factored in the environment, as it is an important part to life. It has recently been studied that in the worm C. elegans, the environmental stress may cause trigger certain RNA molecules to reduce their activity of specific genes. This process of silencing certain genes, known as RNA interface, has the possibility to aid the worm in adaptation to survival, especially in changing conditions. Interestingly, the process of gene silencing persisted in future generations long after the initial stress