How is the purple stem trait variation similar to the tongue-rolling trait variation?

Explanation:

Species

A group of organisms that can reproduce and produce fertile offspring (children that can reproduce themselves)

Trait

Characteristic of an organism (body part, behavior, chemical, produced)

Variation

Differences in trait expression

Inherited trait

Trait passed from parent to children (offspring)

Acquired Trait

Traits learned by/changed in an individual from interaction with the environment

Protein

A special type of biological molecule (only found in organisms) that organisms use to build, maintain, and operate the cells/tissues/organs of their bodies. (Like a prepared meal)

DNA

The biological molecule that serves as the chemical instructions or blueprints for building all the proteins an organism needs to build its body and survive. (Like words in a cookbook)

Gene

A section of a DNA molecule that serves as the instructions to build one protein. (Like one recipe in a cookbook)

Chromosomes

Large packages of coiled DNA molecules that are passed from parents to children. (Like different chapters on a cookbook)

Pollen

Flowering plant sperm (male sex cell)