You spray your kitchen with an insecticide to kill the cockr…
You spray your kitchen with an insecticide to kill the cockroaches. A few survive and reproduce, producing a large healthy population in a few generations that all have similar genetic backgrounds. This is an example of ________.
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Flowering Locus C (FLC) is a gene that is responsible for flowering in certain plants. FLC is expressed in new seedlings, which prevents flowering. Upon exposure to cold temperatures, FLC expression decreases and the plant flowers. FLC is regulated through epigenetic modifications. What type of epigenetic modifications are present in new seedlings and after cold exposure?
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