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Chapter 9 Genetics Flashcards

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Genotype

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A persons unique genetic makeup

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Phenotype

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An individuals observable traits

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Zygote

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Single cell formed at conception from the union of egg cell & sperm cell

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Chromosome

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Long, thread-like structure composed of twisted parallel strands of DNA
Found in cell nucleus

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DNA (deoxyribonucleic)

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Double stranded molecule that encodes genetic instructions
Chemical bias of heredity

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Gene

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Unit of DNA on chromosome

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Epigenetics

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Study of cellar mechanisms that control gene expression & of ways that gene expression affects health & behavior

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What is the 4th trimester

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3 months after the baby is born & is whether it was healthy baby or an unhealthy baby
Main time for mother to reach homeostasis

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Teratogens

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Harmful agents or substances that can harm the embryo or the baby

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Neural Tube

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3 weeks - tube thickens & bulges

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Fetal Period

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Used neural connections & strengthened

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During 6th period

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Fetus’s brain activity becomes similar to newborn baby

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At Birth

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Newborns brain is one fourth the size of an adult brain weighing less than one pound

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Primitive Reflexes

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Rooting - turning head & opening mouth
Sucking - sucking rhythmically
Babinski - fanning & curling toes
Grasping - baby grips
Stepping - moves legs

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Gallants

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If you stroke the spine towards the right, baby will lateral flex

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Baby Visions

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Near sighted

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Baby Hearing

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Mainly attunes to moms voice

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Baby Smelling

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Preference for smell of mother to stranger

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Piaget and the 4 stages of development

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Sensor motor
Pre operational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational

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Assimilated

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The process of taking new information

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Accommodation

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Owning the information, able to retain

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Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial

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Founded the 8 different stages

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