Chapter 2 Genotype-phenotype • Phenotype: an individual’s directly observable physical and behavioral characteristics‚ which are determined by both genetic and environmental factors • Genotype: an individual’s genetic makeup Genes-chromosomes • Chromosomes: rodlike structures in the cell nucleus that store and transmit genetic information • DNA: are what chromosomes are made out of; long‚ double-stranded molecule that looks like a twisted ladder‚ each ladder consists of a specific pair
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Intellectual Disability Student Population Within‚ at the least‚ the United States‚ we are most familiar with identifying individuals that lack cognitive skills as having “mental retardation‚” but the legal term that is now being used is “intellectual disability.” Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that protects the education of certain disabled children from age 3 up to the age of 21. Under IDEA‚ intellectual disabilities is one of the thirteen categories in which students
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everything during development and even prior to testing positively for pregnancy. A very large and essential part of prenatal care is the avoidance of teratogens. As we proceed I will mention the affects teratogens have on prenatal development‚ why the alcohol consumption should be reduced completely‚ and I will define what a teratogen actually is. Teratogen is a word used to describe behaviors‚ environments‚ and bodily conditions that can harm the development process of an organism. The process of
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advise on the effects of alcohol and becoming pregnant. I know you like to party and go out and drink‚ but what I am a bout to tell you might change your mind about becoming pregnant. When you consume alcohol during pregnancy‚ so does your baby because alcohol passes freely through the placenta to your baby. When you drink alcohol‚ so does your baby. Because babies are small compared to adults‚ alcohol breaks down much more slowly than in a grown person. This means that alcohol remains in a baby’s blood
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just for my health but for yours as well‚ moreover‚ I do not want to be a bad example for you. This means that I will not drink alcohol during my pregnancy because it can end up as a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and affect you: you might have a mental retardation. I do not smoke and I do not intend to do so because you could have a low birth weight‚ sudden infant death syndrome‚ and some other illnesses in your lungs. I promise you I will not consume any teratogens and I will make attention that you do
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more than others. Some of the factors can have a positive or negative impact on development and growth of individuals in society. The factors that affect the development of an individual in society: BIOLOGICAL: foetal alcohol syndrome infections during pregnancy GENETIC: Down syndrome‚ cystic
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2012 Drug Addicted Babies The use of illicit drugs and abuse of alcohol exact a steep price from our society. Substance abuse is a factor in many serious ills such as crime. More upsetting‚ however‚ is the affects that it has on children born affected from their dependent mothers. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that 60 percent of women of childbearing age consume alcoholic beverages despite the fact that alcohol consumption during pregnancy is implicated in a wide range of birth
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Wisconsin enacted a statute allowing pregnant women whose habitual drinking exposes a fetus to substantial risks of physical harm to be taken into custody and undergo involuntary patient alcohol treatment.1 Other states have proposed or enacted bills that respond to women who expose a fetus to the harms of alcohol in pregnancy by means such as requiring involuntary civil commitment of the woman‚ requiring health practitioners to report newborns demonstrating prenatal exposure‚ expanding definitions
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Natalie Roberto Research Paper: Child Development Nutrition “Must-Knows” for Pregnant Women The single most important thing that you can do for your baby is to eat a healthy‚ well-balanced diet. A well-balanced diet is one that includes foods from all food groups in appropriate amounts‚ to ensure proper nutrition. One of the most important times to be healthy is the time before and during pregnancy. Pregnant women should know what to eat‚ what not to eat‚ and the vitamins and minerals that are
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children. The second Monitor article I read was called “Prenatal alcohol exposure variably affects children’s attention” According to the article‚ children whose mothers abused alcohol during pregnancy have auditory and visual attention deficits. Using a computer‚ researchers presented the students with one of four stimuli. They showed a yellow square‚ a blue square‚ a high-sounding tone or a low-sounding tone. As expected‚ the alcohol-exposed children were significantly less accurate than the control
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