Author Question: The main impact of paternal consumption of alcohol (i.e., father's drinking) on a child involves the ... (Read 32 times)

futuristic · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The main impact of paternal consumption of alcohol (i.e., father's drinking) on a child involves the fact that fathers who drink tend to have

a. no viable sperm.
b. a greater potential to pass along the recessive gene related to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
c. poor parenting skills.
d. genetic defects they pass on to their children.

Question 2

One critical factor in determining whether a mother's alcohol consumption will have a negative impact on her fetus concerns the mother's

a. previous exposure to syphilis.
b. rate of metabolizing alcohol.
c. surfactant levels.
d. placenta size.