Exam 3: Genetics, Epigenetics and Early Life Development

Intergenerational transmission to offspring from parental exposures and characteristics can be ______ the general links that occur between parental problems and offspring outcomes (Bowers and Yehuda, 2015).

The findings of genome-wide association studies have been ______.

In humans, each cell normally contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, a total of 46. Twenty-two of these pairs, called ______ look the same in both males and females.

______ is the study of heritable changes caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence.

Maltreatment during childhood is associated with reduced volume of both the midsaggital area and hippocampus, two brain regions involved in ______.

What is composed of nucleotides deoxyribose sugar, a phosphate group, and one of four nitrogen bases?

Research by Polderman et al. (2015) found that across all traits the reported heritability was ______%.

The ______ is the part of the individual's genetic makeup which determines their potential characteristics.

Within the ______, epigenetics are involved in various neurodegenerative disorders and physiological responses such as Alzheimer's disease, depression and epilepsy.

According to the National Society of Genetic Counsellors (NSGC, 2017), meeting with a genetic counsellor is beneficial in cases where a person or close relative has experienced ______.