Imprinting is an English noun, which can mean print, brand, imprint, stamp, signal, etc. This word is also used to describe concepts and phenomena related to genetics and psychology.
One imprint it can be a physical mark made by a certain pressure or an impression that is made psychologically through a behavior or attitude. A person's character, a quality or other distinguishing marks can cause the imprinting, that is, a brand firmly fixed in another individual's mind.
in the business of psychology, more specifically in developmental psychology, the imprinting was a concept developed by the Austrian zoologist Konrad Lenz. The process of imprinting (also known as coinage) is a crucial phenomenon for the development of animals and humans, because it functions as a survival instinct in newborn animals.
O imprinting it is also the object of study of the ethology, because it is related to animal behavior. In the initial stage of an animal's life, the imprinting it consists of an essential and more favorable stage for learning and subsequent development. The two main types of
imprinting they are the sexual and the filial. At the imprinting sexual, a young animal learns the characteristics it looks for in a mate. O imprinting branch consists in the apprenticeship of a offspring with his/her parent/a.Imprinting genomic
O imprinting genomic (also known as imprinting parental) is a normal epigenetic process where some genes are expressed in only one allele, while the other is inactivated (methylated). It consists of a reversible way of activating a gene that follows a certain pattern (parental or maternal) during the formation of gametes. Some diseases related to the imprinting genomic, such as the Syndrome of Prader-Will and syndrome of angelman.
Imprinting in the saga Twilight
O imprinting is a phenomenon that occurs in the universe of books and movies in the saga Twilight. The most famous case is the imprinting in between Jacob and Renesmee. O imprinting it occurs between elements of the opposite sex and functions as an unmistakable link between these two beings. When Jacob saw the hybrid daughter of Bella and Edward, he felt a deep affection and knew in that moment that she would be her eternal protector.
While Renesmee is a child, the imprinting reveals itself through an unbreakable friendship. When she grows up, the imprinting it can turn into a loving relationship. When Jacob it saw Renesmee and felt the effect of imprinting, he said, "The Earth's gravity no longer held me to where I was. Now it was the little girl in the blond vampire's arms that kept me there. Renesmee."