Chapter 2 - Gene-Environment interactions and intellectual Disability

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what can reflect underlying genetic endowment?

behavioral differences among individuals, such as social class or influence 

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organic cause of intellectual disability

when a child is born with a chromosomal or genetic anomaly

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small interfering RNA epigenetic modification

process that can suppress the activity of specific genes, causing changes in gene transcription and translation

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imprinted genes

essential in the differentiation of functions and developmental timing, thus, if expression from both alleles is not maintained, developmental processes can be adversely affected