Question

how is genotype and phenotype related to the nature-nurture debate?

Answer 1

The genotype is what you are based on your genes only such as the colour of your skin. But phenotype refers to some characteristics that are both depended on the genes and environment. Our genetic make-up helps us to grow and develp while our environmental influences such as our diet, stress, exercises, etc affect our growth in many possible ways. The phenotypic plasticity is defined as the degree to which our phenotype is affected by our genotype. If the environmental influences are more than our genetic traits then we can say that we have high phenotypic plasticity. So in this way genotype(genetic traits or nature) and phenotype (Nurture or environmental influences) are related to each other in the debate.