epigenetics

Explain the implications of the research on parental behavior and environmental factors as they relate to human personality development.

ASSIGNMENT Webster (2013) blog post The Great Rat Mother Switcheroo Links to an external site.. The recommended sources for this week provide additional information on these topics that may be helpful. In this week’s required sources, you learned that while genes have a lot to say about who we are, environmental factors, particularly parental behavior, […]

Distinguish between mitosis and meiosis, genotype and phenotype, homozygous and heterozygous, and dominant and recessive.

Module One Assignment Task Using your online textbook as the only resource, write an essay about each of these topics: 1. Explain the lifespan perspective and its assumptions about development. 2. Explain the issues underlying lifespan development. 3. Identify the historical and contemporary theories impacting lifespan development. 4. Compare research methods noting the advantages and […]

Explain the agonist-to-antagonist spectrum of action of psychopharmacologic agents, including how partial and inverse agonist functionality may impact the efficacy of psychopharmacologic treatments.

Response Assignment Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days in one of the following ways: If your colleagues’ posts influenced your understanding of these concepts, be sure to share how and why. Include additional insights you gained. If you think your colleagues might have misunderstood these concepts, offer your alternative perspective and be sure to […]

Explain in detail how you think epigenetics will influence future cancer prevention and treatment. Consider how epigenetics may be affected by age, environment, and nutrition.

Role of Epigenetics in Cancer Prevention and Treatment ASSIGNMENT: For this week’s Discussion Board, you will explain in detail how you think epigenetics will influence future cancer prevention and treatment. Consider how epigenetics may be affected by age, environment, and nutrition.

Research and prepare a research paper explaining on the hole in the ozone layer/Global Warming.

Hole in the ozone layer/Global Warming Research Paper Step 1: Pick a topic Your topic must be biological, but there is a lot to choose from in that category. Your topic could be medical, environmental, genetic, microbial, biochemical, cellular, or some other aspect of biology. Your topic must have been discovered, researched, or in some […]

Explain how are genes inserted into plant cells and how does the vaccine interact with the body to produce immunity?

Hole in the ozone layer/Global Warming Research Paper Step 1: Pick a topic Your topic must be biological, but there is a lot to choose from in that category! Your topic could be medical, environmental, genetic, microbial, biochemical, cellular, or some other aspect of biology. Your topic must have been discovered, researched, or in some […]

Describe Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection

Evolution has fundamentally shaped psychological processes because it favors genetic variations that produce adaptive behavior. Just as fish have an inborn knack for swimming and most birds are built for flight, we humans also have innate (inborn) abilities. At birth, the human brain emerges already “pro- grammed” for language, social interaction, self-preserva- tion, and many […]

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