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| The study of relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior |
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| Every non genetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us. |
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| Threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes. |
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| A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosones |
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| The biochemical units of hereditary that makes up the chorosones; a segment of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein. |
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| Complete instructions for making an organism , consisting of genetic material in that organism's chromosomes. |
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| Twins who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits in two, creating two genetically identical organisms. |
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| Twins who develop from separate fertilized egg. They are genetically no closer than siblings except for the fact that they shared a fetal environment |
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| A person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity |
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| The extent to which variation among observable characteristics or traits can be attributed to their differing genes. |
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| The interplay that occurs when the effect of one factor (environment) depends on another factor (heredity) |
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| The subfield of biology that studies the molecular structure and the functions of genes |
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| The study of evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of nature selection. Focus on what makes us alike as human beings and Darwin's theory of evolution |
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| the principle that among the many inherited traits those that lead to increased reproduction and survival will be passed down to the next generation |
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| Random error in gene replication that leads to a change |
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| Our ability to survive and reproduce |
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