PSY 352 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Dopamine Receptor, Cortisol, Molecular Genetics
23 Sep 2016
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Social responsibility for behavior: e. g. sensation-seeking and speeding. Designer babies eugenics: shaping future of species by encouraging reproduction of people with desirable traits. And discouraging reproduction for those with less desirable traits. Dna (deoxyribonucleic acid): chemical that contains biochemical instructions for formation, functioning of person. 4 protein bases: guanine (g, adenine (a, thymine (t, cytosine (c) genes: distinct portions of cell"s dna coded instructions for making everything the body needs. ~25,000 genes in humans chromosomes: bundles of genes. 23 pairs in humans (46 total) sperm + egg = 23 pairs of chromosomes: 23rd gender. Dna genes chromosomes genome: complete set of genes that an organism has. Mapped the sequence of dna molecules in humans. Far fewer genes in genome than previously thought: manner in which human genes are expressed = much more variable than other species genotype: genetic material an individual inherits phenotype: observable expression of genotype. Prairie vole mates for life, meadow vole does not.
