Gentics Flashcards
what are behavioral genetics?
how genes from your parents influence behavior
what is a zygote?
A single celled organism that everyone starts as made of a sperm and an egg
what does heterozygous mean?
Different genes
what does homozygous mean?
Same gene
What is a genotype?
fixed set of genes that cannot be changed
What is a phenotype?
how do you change or expressed how you look can be changed
what is the difference between a genotype and a phenotype?
Genotypes are fixed and unchangeable while phenotypes can be changed
What does polygenic traits mean?
traits determined by more than one gene, (example: skin color, athletic ability)
how many chromosomes are in each human cell?
46 chromosomes or 23 pairs