User talk:Atcovi/Spring2024/Child Psychology/Ch. 2

Terms
—Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 22:12, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Monozygotic twins - Result of a fertilized egg splitting into 2 individuals.
 * Dizygotic twins - Result of 2 separate eggs fertilized by 2 sperm.
 * Recessive trait - The feature that is NOT expressed when the genes involved have been paired with dominant genes (features that are expressed).
 * Carrier - The one who transmits traits but doesn't show them to the world.
 * Multifactorial problem - Complication that stems from the interaction of heredity and environmental factors.
 * Down syndrome - Chromosomal abnormality caused by an extra chromosome that is characterized by intellectual disability.
 * That extra chromosome is keeping you down.
 * Sex-linked chromosomal abnormality - Abnormalities that are transmitted from generation to generation.
 * Klinefelter syndrome - Chromosomal disorder found among males characterized by infertility and mild intellectual disability.
 * Men felt that intelligence drop.
 * Testosterone - Male sex hormone produced mainly by the testes.
 * Turner's syndrome - Chromosomal disorder found among females and chracterized by infertility.
 * Estrogen - Female sex hormone produced mainly by the ovaries.