In Most Instances, Employers Can Legally Use Polygraph Tests to Screen

question 75

True/False

In most instances, employers can legally use polygraph tests to screen applicants.

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Definitions:

Chiasma

An X-shaped site in a tetrad usually marking the location where homologous (nonsister) chromatids previously crossed over.

Crossing-Over

A process in which genetic material (DNA) is exchanged between paired, homologous chromosomes.

Haploid Gamete

A reproductive cell, such as a sperm or egg, that contains a single set of chromosomes and thus only one allele for genetic traits.

Prophase I

The first phase of meiosis I, where chromosomes condense, pair up, and exchange segments in a process called crossing-over.