PSY 302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Quantitative Trait Locus, Y Chromosome, Color Blindness
8 May 2015
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Three key elements are genotype the genetic material an individual inherits; the phenotype the observable expression of the genotype, incl. body characteristics and behaviour; and the environment every aspect of the individual and their surrounding. These three elements are involved in ve relations that are fundamental in development: the parent"s genetic contribution to the child"s genotype. I. the contribution of the child"s genotype to his or her own phenotype. Iii. the contribution of the child"s environment to his or her phenotype. Iv. the in uence of the child"s phenotype on his or her environment. V. the in uence of the child"s environment on his or her genotype: parent"s genotype child"s genotype. Nucleus of every cell in body contains chromosomes long, threadlike molecules made up. Dna carries all biochemical instructions involved in formation and functioning of an organism of two twisted strands of dna.
