PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 3 Part 1: Epigenetics, Heritability, Biopsychosocial Model
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The basic units of heredity; genes are responsible for guiding the process of creating the proteins that make up our physical structures and regulate development and physiological processes thought the lifespan. A molecule formed in a double-helix shape that contains four nucleotides: adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine. The genetic makeup of an organism-the u(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue set of ge(cid:374)es that co(cid:373)p(cid:396)ise that i(cid:374)dividual"s genetic code. Structures in the cellular nucleus that are lined with all the structures in the cellular nucleus that are lined with all the genes an individual inherits. Is the study of dna and the ways in which specific genes are related to behavior. The study of how genes and the environment influence behavior. Come from a single ovum (egg), which makes them genetically identical (almost 100%) Come from two separate eggs fertilized by two different sperm cells that share the same womb; these twins have approximately 50% of their genetics in common.
