How are traits passed from one generation to the next?
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Polygenic Inheritance
A number of genes interact to produce a trait.
Gene
Basic unit of inheritance
Dominant or Recessive
Each member of a gene pair can be either
Behavior Genetics & Evolutionary Psychology
Explore the influences of heredity on human behavior.
Human Genome
Full complement of genes necessary to build a human body- approx 20,000 to 25,000 genes
Chromosomes
Genes are lined up on these tiny thread like bodies. In turn made up of a complex molecule called deoxyribonucleic acid (dna)
Human Genome Project
Has produced a rough map of the genes on the 23 pairs of human chromosomes.
Genetics
Study of how traits passed on from one generation to the next via genes. Process is called hereditary.