This is a common phrase to capture the idea of whether our DNA (Nature) or our Environment (Nurture) determines who we are. In the case of height it's more about our DNA, but of course it's complicated. Today students should answer 3 questions (on Slide 3 of our CH 6 work) about the following video.
Twin studies are a great way to determine how genetic or environmental a trait is. This can be studied with Epigenetics, though we need to be careful, this area of research has been often abused for racist purposes.
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