Across
- 2. a sudden, permanent change in a gene
- 4. ______ square is a tool used to predict how genes will interact in the production of offspring
- 9. long strand of genetic information
- 10. Type of nervous system cell that provides physical and metabolic support to neurons, including neuronal insulation and communication, and nutrient and waste transport
- 11. This lobe of the brain is part of the cerebral cortex involved in reasoning, motor control, emotion, and language; contains motor cortex
- 12. Made up of DNA and controls or partially control a number of visible characteristics, known as traits, such as eye color, hair color, and so on
- 14. Involves recording the electrical activity of the brain via electrodes on the scalp
Down
- 1. Chemical messenger of the nervous system
- 3. helix-shaped molecule made of nucleotide base pairs
- 5. are involved in regulating all sorts of bodily functions, and they are ultimately controlled through nteractions between the hypothalamus (in the central nervous system) and the pituitary gland (in the endocrine system)
- 6. Involved in our experience of emotion and tying emotional meaning to our memories. Involved in Processing fear
- 7. region in the left hemisphere that is essential for language production
- 8. cells in the nervous system that act as interconnected information processors, which are essential for all of the tasks of the nervous system
- 13. study of gene-environment interactions, such as how the same genotype leads to different phenotypes