Exam 2: Genetics and Prenatal Development

What condition might occur in the foetus, and later in the child, if the pregnant mother consumes alcohol during her pregnancy?

Which of the following is not one of the three essentials or prenatal care as described in the text?

Sickle-cell anaemia is an evolutionary defence against what disease?

Which of the following have a 40% to 60% similarity of genetic inheritance?

Your aunt is pregnant for the first time. She has heard that Kegel exercises are a good idea, but does not know how to perform them. You would tell her to tense the ____.

Nature is to ____ as nurture is to ____.

DeCasper and Spence asked mothers to read The Cat in the Hat to their foetuses every day for the last 6 weeks of their pregnancies. After the birth, babies showed a preference for ____.

What embryonic structure will become the brain and spinal cord?

You have likely heard people say, 'The father is the one who determines the sex of the child'. Explain whether or not this is true.

When the blastocyst becomes firmly embedded into the lining of the uterus, what has happened?

Where do 95% of all HIV infections take place?

According to the text, what is the most common teratogen worldwide?

Most women will run out of fertile ova by the time they reach their ____.

In a dominant-recessive pairing, which of the following genes would be expressed in a person's phenotype?

Which of the following exercises should be avoided during pregnancy?

The blastocyst will implant itself into the uterine wall during the ____ after conception.

Of the following, which best describes the Y chromosome?

The ____ period lasts from the ninth week after conception until birth.

Which of the following are three main sources for male infertility?

What percentage of their genes do dizygotic twins have in common?