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Life Span Vocab 2
Vocab for Development of Life Span
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| evolutionary psychology | a branch of psychology the emphasizes the importance of adaptation, reproduction and "survival of the fittest"in shaping behavior |
| mitosis | cellular reproduction in which the cell's nucleus duplicates itself |
| meiosis | specialized form of cell division that occurs to form eggs and sperm (gametes) |
| zygote | single cell formed through fertilization |
| genotype | all of a person's actual genetic material |
| phenotype | observable and measurable characteristic of an individual such as height, hair, intelligence |
| Down syndrome | caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 |
| Klinefelter syndrome | males have an extra X chromosome making them XXY |
| fragile X syndrome | a chromosomal disorder involving an abnormality in the X chromosome which becomes constricted and breaks |
| Turner syndrome | a chromosomal disorder in females in which either an XO instead of XX |
| XYY syndrome | a chromosomal disorder in which males have an extra Y chromosome |
| phenylketonuria (PKU) | a genetic disorder in which an individual cannot properly metabolize phenylalanine, an amino acid (left untreated results in mental retardation) |
| sickle-cell anemia |
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