Personal cause for why you behave the way that you do
Proximate cause
Ultimate or genetic cause for why you behave the way that you do
Ultimate cause
DNA with known function
Gene
“Junk” DNA
Introns
DNA that undergoes transcription
Exons
Happens first when DNA becomes protein
Transcription
Happens second when DNA becomes protein
Translation
Cell with two complete sets of chromosomes
Diploid cell
Cell with only one set of chromosomes
Haploid cell (sex cell)
One of multiple forms of a gene (blood type)
Allele
Cell division that results in a haploid cell
Meiosis
Mutation that happens in a non-germline cell
Somatic mutation
Mutation that happens in a germline cell
Hereditary mutation