PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Coeliac Disease, Gluten, Parental Investment
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Genotype what is combination of genes that you have. Expect our genotype to determine how our. Phenotype how our traits in reality are displayed or expressed. traits are displayed. Environmental influences that can alter the way your genes actually get expressed. Ex: youngest daughter elaine has celiac disease. Environment can play big role in how this gets expressed. Mutation in the combination of genes and genes themselves. Happens both in mitosis and meiosis: principle of natural selection (darwin). Survival and reproduction process of mutation is important for this also. Essentially in evolution, imperative that you not only survive/prosper but that you reproduce. If you"re going to have an impact on your species, if you"re genetic mutation can have a lasting influence, you also have offspring that has this mutation. Sociobiology: study of evolution"s effect on humans: differential parental investment. Men don"t have to be invested in offspring"s survival. What men and women value in a mate.
