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Chapter 3
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Psychology
12th Grade
09/27/2013

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Term
environment
Definition
every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us.
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behavior genetics
Definition
the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior.
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chromosomes
Definition
threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes.
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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
Definition
a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes.
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genes
Definition
the biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; a segment of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein.
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