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A term in ethology referring to a process similar to rapid learning or behavioral patterning that occurs at critical points in very early stages of animal development. The extent to which imprinting occurs in human development has not been established.
Ãâó: www.indianpsychiatry.com/Glossary.htm
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First described by Konrad Lorenz. Imprinting is characterized by three characteristics. 1.) It is a behavior that results from passive exposure to a stimulus. 2.) It is irreversibly or very difficult to reverse. 3.) It is limited to an early stage in development, ie immediately after their eyes open. Caique chicks not only imprint on their parents, but also their siblings and even the humans who handle them while they are still in the nest.
Ãâó: home.rochester.rr.com/thecaiques/glossary.htm
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A phenomenon in which the disease phenotype depends on which parent passed on the disease gene. For instance, both Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes are inherited when the same part of chromosome 15 is missing. When the father's complement of 15 is missing, the child has Prader-Willi, but when the mother's complement of 15 is missing, the child has Angelman syndrome. Source : Human Genome Project Information; PhRMA Genomics
Ãâó: www.genomecanada.ca/GCglossaire/glossaire/index.as...
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The phenomenon in which a gene may be expressed differently in an offspring depending on whether it was inherited from the father or the mother.
Ãâó: www.nigms.nih.gov/news/science_ed/genetics/glossar...
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The physiological and behavioral process by which migratory fish assimilate environmental cues to aid their return to their stream of origin as adults.
Ãâó: www.streamnet.org/pub-ed/ff/Glossary/glossaryfish....
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