Oct12

Nature vs nurture debate

________: is actually a false dichotomy, rarely one or the other but almost always a complex and multidirectional relationship between genetics, environment, and behaviour.

Heredity

________: passage of characteristics from parents to offspring via genes.

Genotype

________: the specific genetic makeup of an individual, present from birth and never changes.

Polygenetic transmission

________: a given characteristic is controlled by two or more genes.

Genes

________ carry codes for protein manufacture, estimates of 70 000 different proteins in humans.

Allele

________: an alternative form of a gene that produces different characteristics.

Phenotype

________: the observable characteristics produced by genetic commands, can be altered by genes and environment.

Epigenetic

________: genes can be turned on or off at various times that are often related to environmental factors.

Spatial processing

Lateralized in the right hemisphere: ________, melody perception, imagery and negative emotion.

Heritability

________: how much variation in something can be attributed to genetic differences.

human genome project

The ________: involved identifing /mapping all known human genes with the goal of understanding both structure and functions.

Genes

________ carry codes for protein manufacture, encoded in combinations of 4 bases.

lateralized in the right hemisphere

Spatial processing, melody perception, imagery and negative emotion

lateralized in the left hemisphere

Language, logic, and positive emotion tend to be

Genotype

the specific genetic makeup of an individual, present from birth and never changes

Phenotype

the observable characteristics produced by genetic commands, can be altered by genes and environment

4 bases

Adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine

Allele

an alternative form of a gene that produces different characteristics

Epigenetic

genes can be turned on or off at various times that are often related to environmental factors

Polygenetic transmission

a given characteristic is controlled by two or more genes

The human genome project

involved identifing/mapping all known human genes with the goal of understanding both structure and functions

Recombinant DNA procedures

enzymes cut/combine DNA from different organisms

Gene knockout procedures

particular genes are disbaled

Heredity

passage of characteristics from parents to offspring via genes

Heritability

how much variation in something can be attributed to genetic differences

Heritability cooefficient

statistical estimate of the extent to which variation in a characteristic among a group of people can be attributed to genetic factors, expressed with a numberic value from the froms of 0-1 These values do not apply in individuals, but rather the variance in a trait across individuals within a specific group