Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Parental Investment, Reciprocal Altruism, Psychopathy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

Genes what your parents contribute to your body. Chromosomes every cell has these or your body wouldn"t be able to work. Dna structural plan of who you are. Everyone technically has cancer, immune system attacks and kills quickly. Cancer is not a foreign thing; it is from the dna in your body from mutated chromosomes. Genotype already decided what you will look like, specific makeup when you are conceived, these never change unless you change them (ie. contacts, hair colour) Phenotype things that can change your genes (ie. how tall you can grow vs how tall you actually grow) Splice" cut open and insert genes ourselves only know 5% of our genes many of things that make us who we are not consequence of one single gene behavioural genetics. Parents 50% - 23 chromosomes from each. Sibilings 50% - 23 chromosomes from same source, not same though. Grandparents 25% - half the 23 chromosomes from one parent for each.