Unit+IIIC+-+Genetics

__**Define these terms:**__

//nature: " // the particular combination of qualities belonging to a person, animal, thing, or class by birth, origin, or constitution ; native or inherent character. "

//nurture: " // to support and encourage, as during the period of training or development; to foster . "

//genetics: " // the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment . "

//environment: " // The social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population. "

//genetic: "Of, pertaining to, or produced by genes." //

//inherited: " // to receive (a genetic character) by the transmission of hereditary factors."

For each trait below, mark whether it is acquired through genetic (G) factors or through environmental (E). If you think the trait is acquired through the interaction of genetics and environment, mark it as GE

E extreme, repeated violence

G E schizophrenia

G E alcoholism

G E manic-depression

G E intelligence

E shyness

G E obesity

G Alzheimer's disease

G E homosexuality

G thrill seeking

G E temperament

G dyslexia

E nicotine dependence

G hyperactivity

(They're all actually G E )

__**Explain how the environment and genetics could interact to produce the follpwing traits:**__
 * 1) alcoholism - // Environmental; If your parents drinks around you, if your family lets you drink, or if you give in to peer pressure. Genetic; If your (grand)parents are alcoholics, if your mother drank while pregnant. //
 * 2) nicotine dependence - // Environmental; if your friends smoke, if your family doesn't enforce the rules, or if you give in to peer pressure. Genetic; if your mother smoked while pregnant. //
 * 3) obesity - // Environmental; what you eat, what you are fed, how carefully your parents watched you eat as a child. Genetic; if obesity runs in your family. //
 * 4) extreme violence - // Environmental; your family could hit you, you could have violent friends or be easily influenced by video games. Genetic; if a violent gene is passed down, like through an anger problem or something. //
 * 5) intelligence - // Environmental; What you read, whether you read, how you participate in school, etc... Genetic; If your parents have an intelligent gene. //

__**Genetic Revolution discussion questions:**__

1). If it were possible, would you want to take a genetic test telling you which diseases you are likely to suffer from later in life? No, because I would never stop thinking about it. Perhaps if I could be preemptive about it, or if there was a cure, but... if not probably not.

2). Suppose you or your partner are pregnant. Would you want the unborn child tested for genetic defects? Yes, but only so I could prepare for it, without being overwhelmed. I would be better suited to help my child and make their life easier.

3). Do you think it should be legal for employers to use genetic tests in deciding whom to hire? No, why would they need to?