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7514048565	Consciousness	our awareness of ourselves and our environment	0
7514056843	dual processing	the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks	1
7514097296	behavior genetics	the study of the relative power and limits of genetics and environmental influences on behavior	2
7514110997	environment	every non genetic influence from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us	3
7514123801	chromosomes	threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes	4
7514131136	DNA	a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes	5
7514145752	genes	the biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes	6
7514183863	genome	the complete instructions for making an organism consisting of all the genetic material in that organisms chromosomes	7
7514197409	identical twins	twins who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits in two creating two genetically identical organisms	8
7514214165	fraternal twins	twins who develop from separate fertilized eggs	9
7514226587	molecular genetics	the subfield of biology that studies the molecular structure and functions of genes	10
7514237777	evolutionary psychology	the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of natural selection	11
7514249573	natural selection	the principle that among the range of inherited trait variations, those that lead to increased reproduction and survival will most likely be assed on to the succeeding generations	12
7514274475	mutation	a random error in the gene replication that lead to a change	13