Personalized learning Module: Genetics (InThinking)

a gene whose function is known that is hypothesized to be associated with a particular disorder or behavior.

• candidate gene

• suspect gene

• proposed gene

• specified gene

attempts to explain a disorder as the result of an interaction between a predisposition and stress caused by life experiences.

• diathesis-stress model

• gene expression

• epigenetics

• predisposition-experience model

the process by which the instructions in our DNA are converted into a functional product; in psychology, this is when a gene is "turned on" or "off", resulting in a behavior.

• diathesis-stress model

• gene expression

• epigenetics

• predisposition-experience model

An underlying inherited susceptibility - that is, the theory that you may have genes that may make you more likely to have certain traits if those genes are exposed to the appropriate environmental stressors.

• diathesis-stress model

• gene expression

• epigenetics

• genetic vulnerability

an examination of genetic variants in a large sample of individuals to see if any variant is associated with a trait.

• Genomewide Association Study

• Linkage Analysis

• Genetic Vulnerability

• Epigenetics

Matching genetic variations (polymorphisms) with the frequency of a behavior

• Genomewide Association Study

• Linkage Analysis

• Genetic Vulnerability

• Epigenetics

a genetic variation (mutation) resulting in the occurrence of several different forms or types of individuals among the members of a single species.

• Genomewide Association Study

• Polymorphism

• Genetic Vulnerability

• Epigenetics

mice that have had a single gene changed or removed

• Transgenic mice

• Transmutated mice

• Transgenomic mice

• Transmutagenic mice