David Guevara Ms. Jones
702 Sept.6, 2012

Some people believe that when a person is born he/she is born good or bad. Others believe people are not born good or bad it depends on the environment. I believe its a combination of both. I believe genetics can have an affect on a persons behavior, which can lead to doing things that are wrong or good. It can be inherited by the parents because of the action of genetics. Genetics is the study of how traits are passed from parents to children. The information that children get from their parents is contained in a chemical packet of information called genes. These genes make up larger units called chromosomes. The human genome is the term for all genetic information contained in humans. Behavior is a persons observable activity. The study of how genetics affects behavior is called behavioral genetics. Humans have 46 chromosomes, 23 form the mother, and 23 from the father. There are many variations for human behavior. Behavioral genetics is a branch of science that tries to find out what role inherited factors play in how people act. For an example if a person's behavior was very angry there is more of a possibility that the person will be able to do something bad rather than good. Genetics is not the only factor in human behavior. Environmental factors can also influence a person behavior based on a person's living conditions, and other influences from the world around them. If a person's surrounding