An Offspring Affected with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Caused by Excessive

Multiple Choice

An offspring affected with fetal alcohol syndrome caused by excessive consumption of alcohol by the mother is not an example of the inheritance of an acquired trait because the:

A) mother can be treated for alcoholism.
B) child can be treated for fetal alcohol syndrome.
C) genes for excessive alcohol consumption are already mutated in the mother.
D) the mother's alcoholism affects the development of the fetus, not its genes.