NICE GENES
The study of inherited traits.
What is genetics?
predisposition to react to situations in a predictable way
What is temperament?
Confidence that you are growing in your relationship with God.
What is spiritual health?
sleeping during the day, active at night
What is nocturnal?
The full name for the double helix made of the sugar deoxyribose with nucleobases as crossbars.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
The complete set of genes that code for the traits you carry.
What is your genotype?
introvert, perfectionist, needs order
What is melancholic?
Having enough energy or vigorous activity.
What is physical health?
individual who digests food from both animal and plant sources
What is an omnivore?
Tightly wound DNA strand visible during cell division.
What is a chromosome?
The typical sequence of 3.1 million bases in a human.
What is the genome?
extrovert, ambiitious, needs action
What is choleric?
Having a secure group of family and friends.
What is social health?
active during the day, sleeping at night
What is diurnal?
The number of chromosomes in a typical human cell.
What are twenty three pairs?
A trait that is always expressed if it is present in the genotype.
What is the dominant gene?
introvert, reliable, needs quiet
What is phlegmatic?
Having appropriate control and release of feelings.
What is emotional health?
choice of left- or right-side dominance
What is laterality?
The number of nucleases that are used in DNA.
What is four?
A trait that is expressed only if the dominant form is not present in the genotype.
What is the recessive gene?
extrovert, friendly, needs adventure
What is sanguine?
Having a good grasp of reality.
What is mental health?
laterality that is inconsistent (like right handedness with left footedness)
What is cross-dominent?
Visually similar chromosomes that contain genes for the same trait.
What is a homologous pair?