Psychology 2040A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Prenatal Development, Genetic Testing, Neural Tube Defect

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2040A/B
• Professor: Matthew Brown

Document Summary

Phenotype: a person"s observable, measurable features, characteristics, and behaviours; product of the interaction of the genotype with the environment. Hereditary characteristics are determined by genes large segment of nucleotides within a chromosome that codes for the production of proteins and enzymes. Genetic basis for individual differences is due to alleles alternate form of a specific gene. Offspring receives gametes egg and sperm, normally carry only one member of each pair of genes (23 chromosomes) Chromosomes: threadlike structure of dna, located in the nucleus of cells, which forms a collection of genes. Human body cell normally contains 46 chromosomes. How do the nucleus of the cell, chromosomes and. Human genome: entire inventory of nucleotide base pairs that compose the. A gene is made up nucleus that has 46 of thousands of chromosomes nucleotide pairs. carrying instructions. A chromosome is a that signal the cell to long thin strand of manufacture various deoxyribonucleic proteins acid (dna) organized as a coiled double helix.