Exam 2: The Biology of Development

The textbook categorizes all of the following as key constraints shaping development EXCEPT:

Several genes influence human skin color.This is an example of:

All of the following act as teratogens EXCEPT:

Lucian grew up in a Romanian orphanage under conditions of severe deprivation.All of the following statements are true of extremely deprived children such as Lucien compared to typically developing children EXCEPT:

Molecular biologists refer to the sequence of bases that make up genes as having two main parts.The ________ sequence directs the assembly of particular proteins.

Neural structures can be pruned through programmed cell death, or:

As an infant, Macie develops arm control before leg control.This is an example of:

Differentiate between genotype and phenotype.

The picture below illustrates:

Naomi is considering participating as a client in the Nurse-Family Partnership Program.Describe the program for her, noting possible advantages.

The blastocyst's middle cell layer, the mesoderm, will eventually form all of the following EXCEPT the:

Margaret consumes a large amount of alcohol throughout her pregnancy.Her son is born with fetal alcohol syndrome.All of the following are associated with this condition EXCEPT:

Allen and Harold are twins with nearly identical genotypes.These brothers can be described as ________ twins.

Certain cells might first differentiate into three general groups: cells that can form muscles, organs, or bones.At first the cells in the muscle group can become any kind of muscle but later they specialize to form particular parts of specific muscles.This illustrates:

A researcher is examining skin cells.These cells were created through the process of:

________ refers to a phenomenon in which the fetus is sometimes able to slow down the rate of growth when it senses environmental stresses and drops in nutrition.

Jerome receives the allele for facial dimples from both his mother and father.Jerome is said to be ________ for facial dimples.

Heavily myelinated bundles of axons in the brain are called:

Researchers fed male mice either a normal diet or a low-protein diet.Mice on either diet were then mated with females raised on a normal diet.What should the researchers expect to find about the resulting offspring?

Stanley inherits one allele for normally pigmented skin and one allele for albinism.Stanley would not display albinism because the allele for albinism is: