3C

Question 1

The study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

Answer 1

Behavior genetics

Question 2

Every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us

Answer 2

Environment

Question 3

Threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes

Answer 3

Chromosomes

Question 4

Complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes

Answer 4

DNA

Question 5

Divide a chemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; segments of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein

Answer 5

Genes

Question 6

The complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all genetic material in that organisms chromosomes

Answer 6

Genome

Question 7

Twins who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits into, creating two genetically identical organisms

Answer 7

Identical twins

Question 8

20 develop from separate fertilized eggs. There are genetically no closer than Brothers and sisters, but they share a fetal environment

Answer 8

Fraternal twins

Question 9

The proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes.

Answer 9

Heritability

Question 10

The interplay that occurs when the effect of one factor depends on another factor

Answer 10

Interaction

Question 11

The subfield of biology that studies the molecular structure and function of jeans

Answer 11

Molecular genetics

Question 12

Study of the evolution of behavior in the mind, using principles of natural selection

Answer 12

Evolutionary psychology

Question 13

The principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those that lead to increased reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

Answer 13

Natural selection

Question 14

A random error in Gene replication that leads to a change

Answer 14

Mutation