PSYCH-UA 1 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Axon Hillock, Peripheral Nervous System, Analgesic

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Many sperm don"t make it, only some survivors. The one to succeed is fertilized and becomes you with mothers egg. We are the biological and psychological realization of instructions carried in about 20,000 to 30,000 genes, which we inherited from both parents. It"s a toss of coins; the number of unique chromosome combinations you can receive is huge. Differences exist as much within as between races. Mutations-gene undergoes an accidental alteration in its instructions. Most mutations are rare and prove lethal but some see you safely in life and alter genetic instructions. What we share with animals as our most basic inherited attributes. What humans have in common and how we differ from one another in. How we act in groups regarding how we. Chromosomes carry instructions for how to build and operate a body. Humans have 23 pairs (1-22, xx or xy) Made up of strands of dna (deoxyribose nucleic acid)