the genetic transfer of characteristics from parents to offspring

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the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

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threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes

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a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes

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the biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; small segments of DNA capable of synthesizing proteins

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the complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organism’s chromosomes

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use gene-editing technology to prevent or treat diseases with a genetic basis

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individuals who developed from a single fertilized egg that split in two, creating two genetically identical organisms

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individuals who developed from separate fertilized eggs. They are genetically no closer than ordinary siblings, but they shared a prenatal environment

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the interplay that occurs when the effect of one factor (such as environment) depends on another factor (such as heredity)

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“above” or “in addition to” (epi) genetics; the study of the molecular mechanisms by which environments can influence genetic expression (without a DNA change).

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the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection

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the principle that the inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment will (in competition with other trait variations) most likely be passed on to subsequent generations

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a random error in gene replication that leads to a change

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