Niche-Picking Genotype-Environment Correlations Occur When

question 108

Multiple Choice

Niche-picking genotype-environment correlations occur when

• A)biological parents provide a rearing environment for the child.
• B)children seek out environments that they find compatible and stimulating.
• C)children behave in ways that elicit certain types of environment.
• D)children behave in ways that reflect the inherited disposition of their biological parents.

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Definitions:

Chromosomes

Threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes, found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA that encode the instructions for the development, functioning, growth, and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses.

Epigenetic Molecules

Molecules that can alter gene expression without changing the underlying DNA sequence, thus affecting how cells read genes.

Proteins

Large, complex molecules essential to the structure, function, and regulation of the body's cells, tissues, and organs.