Our genes can be affected by the environment and change the way our traits are displayed, called the phenotype. However, changes in phenotype have an underlying genotypic source. Epigenetics or epigenetic changes are changes in the way traits are expressed as an effect of the environment (i.e. food we ate, chemicals in the body, environmental stresses), without changes in the DNA. Simply put, in epigenetics, some parts of the DNA are turned on or off in response to environmental conditions.
<span>The phase of the cell cycle that is most similar between a cell that will divide by mitosis and one that will divide by meiosis is the S-phase. </span>I hope my answer has come to your help. God bless and have a nice day ahead! Feel free to ask more questions.