Flip-flopping Gene Expression Can Be Advantageous

link:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071126103616.htm

Summary:One gene for pea pod color generates green pods while a variant of that gene gives rise to the yellow-pod phenotype, a feature that helped Gregor Mendel, the 19th century Austrian priest and scientist, first describe genetic inheritance. However, many modern-day geneticists are focused on the strange ability of some genes to be expressed spontaneously in either of two possible ways.

Mendel and Genetics
Explain the phenomenon being described in the article.pea pods being green or yellow
What is the difference between a genotype and a phenotype?genotype are the letters and phenotype are the physical apperance.
List three things you learned from this article in your own words.Mendel used pea pods for his experiment, he was a priest, and he described genetic inheritence.
What impact would the not understanding genetics have on medicine or agriculture?We would not have some of the medicines and crops that we have now.