PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Advantageous, Hindbrain, Egg Cell
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Module 3. 1 genetic and evolutionary on behaviour: heredity and behaviour. Behaviours are in uenced by genes just as physical characteristics are. a. the genetic code. Genes: the basic unites of heredity, which are responsible for guiding the process of creating the proteins that make up our physical structures and regulate development and physiological process throughout the lifespan. Chromosomes; structures in the cellular nucleus that are lined with all of the genes an individual inherits; human have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Dna: segments that make up dna; a molecule formed in a double-helix shape that contains four nucleotides: adenine (a), cytosine (c), guanine (g), and thymine (t) Each dna is a unique combination of these four nucleotides. Genotype: the genetic makeup of an organism: the unique set of genes that comprise that individual"s genetic code. Phenotype: the physical traits or behavioural characteristics that show genetic variation.
