CRIM 402 Chapter 4-5: CRIM 402 Ch4-5 - Genetic Predispositions for Behaviour
7 Sep 2016
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Dolly the sheep created from a mammery cell that was already differentiated, dedicated to mammary functions: the cell that egg and sperm makes is capable of performing every function in body. Also cloning technology are not that advance yet, but suppose it is: Clones cannot possibly be identical to original: dolly was created in a test tube, implanted in mother, who later gave birth to it. Many environmental factors can trigger underlying genetic traits & influence it. There is a clear interaction between environment and genetic inheritance. Reason for committing a crime are widely different eg murder = revenge, get inheritance, mental illness, etc. Any genetic links to potentially criminal behaviour will be indirect links, none will be direct links. All genetics do is give someone a predisposition to behave in a certain way: does not mean must behave that way, just perhaps more likely to behave in a way than average person.
