DEP 3053 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Genetic Counseling, Prenatal Diagnosis, Twin

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Clinical and Health Psychology
• Course: DEP 3053
• Professor: Phoua Yang

Document Summary

Dep 3053 ch. 2 - genetic and environmental foundations. Heredity and environment are the foundations of development. The genetic constitution of an individual organism. The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment. The central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth. A threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes. A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring. Produces new body cells containing the same genetic information. A mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote. Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome.