PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Human Genome Project, Twin, Distant Relatives

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: Ayca Guler- Edwards

Document Summary

A single cell, a zygote, is formed by the union of a sperm and an egg. This single cell, as every other human cell, carries 46 chromosomes in nucleus. One of each pair is derived from the mother and one from the father. Genes carry the chemical code for how the body will grow, develop, function and. The full set of genetic instructions for a living thing, controlling its development from a single cell into a complex adult body is known as genome. maintain itself. Discoveries in the history on the genetic basis of human body. Biologists studied the earth"s fossils and noted that various species have undergone gradual changes over the course of many generations . Darwin explained how and why those changes occurred. Two points in darwin"s theory is very important. Adaptation: changes in characteristics occur over time to meet the changing demands of their environment.