What Are SNPs? Describe How a Common SNP in a Fat

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Essay

What are SNPs? Describe how a common SNP in a fat metabolism gene changes the body's response to dietary fats.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

Classical Conditioning is a learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus, famously illustrated by Pavlov's dogs experiment.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, an unconditioned stimulus is something that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any learning process involved.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural reaction to a stimulus that occurs without prior learning or conditioning.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique that involves replacing an undesirable response to a stimulus with a more desirable one.