Exam 2: Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth

Discuss the relationship between genotype and phenotype. Provide an example of each to support your analysis.

Huntington's disease is an unusual genetic disorder in that it is a fatal disease caused by dominant alleles that

The concept that genotypes are not the only things that control traits involves the fact that

The period of the ____ lasts for approximately two weeks.

Cephalocaudal development proceeds from your extremities toward your body.

Estelle's doctor informs her that her child is just entering the longest period of prenatal development. About how long has Estelle been carrying her unborn child?

Prenatal development begins

Common symptoms of s spectrum disorder (FASD) include facial deformities, deafness, and intellectual disability.

Monozygotic twins come from a single egg.

What is expelled during afterbirth?

The modern age of viability begins at 16 weeks.

Which prenatal assessment technique results in a picture of the foetus?

The key lesson learned by the fact that thalidomide showed no impact when tested on prenatal rabbits but led to birth defects in prenatal humans is that

Ectoderm is to endoderm as

What combination would result in a boy?

Heredity and environment

When the chromosomes in a pair are the same, they are said to be heterozygous.

Research has demonstrated that childbirth techniques designed to reduce pain during labour do not work.

As a behavioural geneticist, Professor Ngcobo is most likely to calculate the extent to which depression is inherited using a ____ coefficient.

As there is a history of hereditary disease in the families of Tumi and Faith, they have arranged a meeting with a specialist, when they will draw up a family tree concerning the odds of them having a child with a birth defect. This event would most accurately be described as