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The cellular structure is maintained and propagated by the DNA. If you want to say that the very first cell’s structures (the zygote) is inherited from the moth
by goodSteveramos 3y ago
The cellular structure is maintained and propagated by the DNA. If you want to say that the very first cell’s structures (the zygote) is inherited from the mother and not produced by the individual’s genes but by the mother’s genes I suppose you could define that first cells organelles as a special kind of gene ‘inherited’ from the mother, but it certainly is not what people mean by the environment in discussions about nurture vs nature.
- kazinator 3y agoThat's why I said "cellular environment". The literal biological environment in which genes act. Not the household environment in which a human baby finds itself; that's indeed something else. But I'm saying that genes are not the complete blueprint of life even in this "low level" sense. (Never mind that gene expression is in the developed individual is subject to external factors, too).