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Your Friends Think There Is Something Wrong with Their 16-Year-Old

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Your friends think there is something wrong with their 16-year-old son. One week he says that he wants to be a rock star and the next he says that he wants to be a pediatrician. Your friends don't think that a normal adolescent can change identities so rapidly. Based on what you know about achieving an identity in adolescence what can you tell your friends to make them feel better?


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Geographic Variation

Genetic differences that may exist among different populations within the same species. See cline for an example of one type of geographic variation

Sickle Cell Anemia

A genetic blood disorder characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape, leading to various complications.

Homozygous Dominant

A genetic condition where an individual has two dominant alleles of a particular gene, resulting in the expression of the dominant trait.

Homozygous Recessive

A genetic condition where an individual has two copies of a recessive allele for a particular trait.

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