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Enviroment
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Nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us
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Behavior Genetics
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Study of the relative power and limits of genetic and enviromental influences
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Chromosomes
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Structures made of DNA moleclules that contain the genes
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DNA
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A complex molecule containing the genetic info that makes up the chromosomes
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Genes
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Biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes, segment of DNA capable of synthesicing a protein
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Genome
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Complete instructions for making an organism
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Identital Twins
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Twins who develop from single fertilized egg that splits in two
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Fraternal Twins
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Twiuns that developed from seperate fertilized eggs
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Temperament
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A person´s characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
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Heritability
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Proportation of variation among individuals that we can atribute to genes
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Interaction
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Effect of one factor (such as enviroment) depends on another factor (such as heredity)
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Molecular Genetics
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The subfield of biology that studies the structure and function of genes
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Evolutionary Psychology
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Study of the evoulution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection
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Natural Selection
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Principle that among the range of inherited trait variations, those that lead to invreased reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succceding generations
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Mutation
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A random error in gene replication that leads to change
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