PSYC 4070 Study Guide - Zygote, Egg Cell, Chromosome
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Genes affect every aspect of development and that they come from parents and are passed on to children. The development of every person is dynamic, ongoing, and interactional; individuals are much more than the product of their genes. Dna (deoxyribonucleic acid) the chemical composition of the molecules that contain the genes, which are the chemical instructions for cells to manufacture various proteins. Chromosome one of the 46 molecules of dna (in 23 pairs) that virtually each cell of the human body contains, and that, together, contain all the genes. Gene a small section of a chromosome; the basic unit for the transmission of heredity. A gene consists of a string of chemicals that provide instructions for the cell to manufacture proteins. Allele a variation that makes a gene different in some way from other genes for the same characteristic. Genome the full set of genes that are the instructions to make an individual member of a species.
