Exam 3: The Start of Life: Genetics and Prenatal Development

The order of prenatal development is as follows:

Sasha has blue eyes and Hans has gray eyes. Their son, Antonio, received the genetic information for eye color from both of his parents, even though you cannot determine Antonio's actual genetic makeup from the color of his eyes. Antonio's actual genetic information is known as his __________.

Sanat and Mohammad both have black hair and brown eyes. Their son Ayman has black hair and brown eyes. It would be necessary to know the underlying combination of genetic material to confirm that Ayman has received similar genes from both his parents. If Ayman has received similar genes from both parents, it would be said that he is __________ for those traits.

Mongolism, now known as __________, is a disorder produced by the presence of an extra chromosome on the 21st pair.

The procedure in which fertilization occurs outside the mother's body is known as __________.

Consider how you view intelligence. How is that impacting the ways in which you interact with your virtual child? How do your interactions focused on intellectual activities reflect your beliefs about nature and nurture as causal?

What evidence can you list for avoiding even a small amount of alcohol during pregnancy?

The sex cells from the mother and father that form a new cell at conception are called __________.

Deanna has hazel eyes and Reza has brown eyes. Their son Bijan has brown eyes. Bijan has received different forms of a gene from each parent. He is said to be __________ for the trait.

What are the potential risks associated with smoking during the prenatal period?

Martha and Susan are planning to have a child. Martha will be the biological mother. Some of the research on how fathers impact prenatal development applies to Susan as well. Which of these are relevant for Susan and Martha's child?

The Browns have each inherited a form of cancer from their ancestors. Before starting their own families, they have been referred for __________, a discipline that focuses on inherited disorders, to find out the odds that they will pass on cancer to their offspring.

Describe how monozygotic twins and dizygotic twins form.

In a classic experiment, DeCasper and Spence asked a group of pregnant women to read aloud The Cat in the Hat two times a day late in pregnancy. After the babies were born, they recognized the story. This reveals that the fetus can __________.

In Mendel's original pea plant experiment, the offspring plants received genetic information from both the green- and yellow-seeded parents. However, only the color yellow was outwardly expressed in the offspring plants. The color yellow would be considered the offspring plant's __________.

A number of recessive genes, called __________ genes, are located only on the X chromosome.

In Mendel's original pea plant experiment, the offspring plants received genetic information from both the green- and yellow-seeded parents. However, only the color yellow was outwardly expressed in the offspring plants. The color yellow is an example of a __________ trait.

David and Daniel are twins who are genetically identical and are known as __________ twins. Annabelle and Timothy are also twins, but they are __________ twins.

Carlita is worried about her health. Over the past several months, she has been experiencing a variety of symptoms, including poor appetite, swollen stomach, and yellowish eyes. These are symptoms of __________.

An example of an X-linked disease is __________.