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Jramos095

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A teratogen is best defined as
 
  a. any medication taken during labor and delivery.
  b. anything that can cross the placental barrier.
  c. any drug, disease, or environmental agent that causes a birth defect.
  d. a birth defect caused by genetic abnormalities.

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The idea of _____ is that environmental events during pregnancy may alter the expected genetic unfolding of the embryo/fetus or reset its physiologic functions.
 
  a. maternal-fetal interaction
  b. epigenesis
  c. teratology
  d. fetal programming


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mk6555

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d


Jramos095

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Excellent

Laurenleakan

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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