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環境変異 (kankyouheni) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

環かん境きょう変へん異い

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Meanings

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environmental variation

Biology term referring to phenotypic variation caused by environmental factors rather than genetic differences.

環かん境きょう変へん異いは遺い伝でん子し型がたが同おなじ

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Environmental variation can occur even among individuals with the same genotype.

Kanji

環ring, circle, loop
境boundary, border, region
変unusual, change, strange
異uncommon, different, queerness

Related words

遺い伝でん変へん異い
遺伝変異 (genetic variation) is caused by differences in genes, while 環境変異 is caused by environmental factors.

Built from

環かん境きょう+変へん異い

Etymology

Compound of 環境 (environment) and 変異 (variation, mutation).