Module 3-What are the Effects of Chromosomes and Hormones on Gender?

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Nurture

Environmental influences that affect an individual

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Nature

The contribution of genetics to one’s development

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Genes

Recipes for making proteins

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Chromosomes

Strands of DNA

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Mitosis

The cell’s nucleus makes an exact copy of all the chromosomes and splits into two new cells

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Meiosis

The gamete’s chromosomes duplicate, and then divide twice, resulting in four cells containing only half the genetic material of the original gamete

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Genotype

The total of all the genes a person inherits

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Phenotype

The features that are actually expressed

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Homozygous

Receiving the same version of a gene from our mother or father

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Heterozygous

Receiving a different version of the gene from each parent