How Can a Father's Habits Affect the Health of an Unborn

question 14

Multiple Choice

How can a father's habits affect the health of an unborn child during prenatal development?

• A)A father's nicotine intake produces DNA changes that are passed to the fetus on chromosome 23.
• B)A father's use of barbiturates interacts with a mother's use of marijuana,resulting in missing chromosomes on a child's 8th pair.
• C)A father's use of alcohol or illegal drugs can affect his sperm,which in turn may lead to chromosomal damage that affects the fetus.
• D)A father's use of crack cocaine causes sperm mutations,such that two sperm are capable of fertilizing a single ovum.

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