Hereditary Influence on Development

Question 1

inborn traits or characteristics inherited from the biological parents

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Heredity

Question 2

Genes/Genetic environment that individual inherits

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Genotype

Question 3

Ways in which a person’s genotype is expressed in observable/Measurable characteristics

Answer 3

Phenotype

Question 4

a threadlike structure made up of genes in human there are 46 of this in the nucleus of each body cell

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Chromosomes

Question 5

It is a hereditary blueprints for development that are transmitted unchanged from generation to generation

Answer 5

Genes

Question 6

A long double-stranded molecules that nake up chromosomes

Answer 6

DNA or Deoxyribonucleic Acid

Question 7

It is the process in which a cell duplicates its chromosomes; divides into two genetically identical Daughter cells

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Mitosis

Question 8

What is the 5 phases of mitosis

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Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase and Telophase

Question 9

It is also a process different from mitosis in here a germ cell divides; producing Gametes ( Sperm or Ova)

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Meiosis

Question 10

What type of multiple birth is When a twins conceived by the union of two different Ova (or a single ovum that has been split)

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Dizygotic Twins

Question 11

What type of multiple birth is when a twins resulting from division of single zygote after fertilization; also known ad Identical Twins

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Monozygotic Twins

Question 12

What determines sex?

Answer 12

the sex chromosomes the 23rd chromosomes