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Hey Dillon,
Thanks for the update on your plants. Just out of curiosity, what about the environment is different for the plant that's growing faster than the others? Do you think that the different environment may have something to do with its fast growth, or do you think it's just an inherently fast-growing plant?
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I thought this post did a good job steering the student's thinking back to their fundamental question of how do genes or the environment impact growth.
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