This interaction process is an example of epigenesis.
Epigenesis is processes in which living organisms such as plants, animals and fungi grow from a seed, egg or spore through a series of steps in which cells differentiate and organs form. The theory of epigenesis which was created by C. F. Wolff claimed that structures emerge during development that are not initially formed.
DNA is coiled into proteins,,,,which makes up ur DNA (about 6,400,000,000 basepairs (DNA building blocks) that make up your DNA) basically...and...The way DNA is packaged into chromatin is a factor in how protein production is controlled. so in your nucleus....AGAIN....DNA IS KEPT OR COILED AROUND PROTEIN YET KEPT IN UR NUCLEUS... :)
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Activation energy is the amount of energy required to begin a chemical reaction.
Years would be the independent variable because any sort of time is usually the independent variable.