PSYC 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Y Chromosome, Conditioned Taste Aversion, Vertically Transmitted Infection

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3100
• Professor: Pat Barclay

Document Summary

Some genes can turn on or off other genes. Some can act like a master switch which can turn on or off a mass number of genes. Some genes are continuously transcribed, others occasional. Takehome: gene needs to be transcribed in other to do something. Throughout life span genes remain the same but the things that differ are when they turn on and off. Environment mixed with genotype creates a phenotype. Egg in high temperature develops in females: eggs in low temp develop male, or in other systems its in reverse, temperature turns on or off different genes, only in species that have these options. Study that high status mothers may bear male sons (in class question asked: low status mothers may bear female daughters. Taste nausea: taste aversion (can take as little as one time, can depend on how novel it is (first time drinking tequila and get sick off.