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| A study of resemblances between children and their adoptive and biological parents. |
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| Some version of a particular gene. |
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| The temperamental tendency to approach rewards. |
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| Mating based on choice of specific characteristics, rather than at random. |
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| The temperament tendency to avoid threats. |
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| The study of the inheritance of behavioral qualities. |
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| Testing specific genes because evidence links them to particular biological processes and theory links those processes to personality. |
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| Avoidance of interaction, restraint, pain sensitivity, and mental intensity approaching apprehensiveness. |
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| Agreement on some characteristics between a twin and a co-twin. |
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| Evolution in which one extreme of a dimension is more adoptive than the other. |
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| Fraternal twins (overlapping genetically 50%, on average). |
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| A tendency toward frail thinness. |
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| A tendency to be focused, restrained, and planful. |
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| A tendency toward obesity. |
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| An effect that isn't on DNA but affects DNA functioning and can be inherited. |
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| Activity in which the gene engages in the process that create a protein. |
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| Genetic Similarity Theory |
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| The idea that people work toward reproducing genes similar to their own. |
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| The sequence of the genes contained in the full complement of chromosomes. |
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| Genome-wide Association Study (GWAS) |
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| Study in which all genes are tested at once. |
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| The study of how alleles of specific genes related to other observed differences. |
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| The particular version of a gene that a given person or group has. |
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| Gene-by-environment interaction, in which the environment produces different outcomes depending on genetic composition. |
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| An estimate of how much variance of some characteristics is accounted for by inheritance. |
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| The passing on of genes through the survival of relatives. |
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| A tendency toward muscularity. |
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| The attachment of methyl chemical groups to a gene or surrounding material. |
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| They study of how alleles of specific genes relate to other observed differences. |
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| Identical twins (overlapping genetically 100%). |
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| Nonshared Environment Effect |
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| An effect of the environment that makes twins differ. |
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| The study of how much variance in a characteristic is attainable to genetics versus environment. |
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| The characteristic of having more than one allele for a given gene. |
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| Helping others with the expectation the help will be returned. |
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| The study of the evolutionary basis for social behavior. |
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| Qualities such as boldness, assertiveness, and desire for adventure and activity. |
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| Evolution in which intermediate values of a dimension are most adaptive. |
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| Inherited traits that appear early in life. |
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| A study comparing the similarity between MZ twins against the similarity between DZ twins. |
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| Qualities such as relaxation tolerance, sociability, love of comfort, and easygoingness. |
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