In Spite of Protests to the Contrary, It Has Never

question 15

True/False

In spite of protests to the contrary, it has never been proven that growing up in a home where there is parental alcoholism is sufficient to cause psychosocial problems for a child.

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Definitions:

Cleavage

A series of mitotic cell divisions that transform a zygote into a blastocyst.

Chromosomes

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of DNA.

Mitotic Cell Divisions

A process where a single cell divides into two identical daughter cells, each with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell, essential for growth and repair.

Blastocyst

An early stage in human embryonic development, a structure formed about five days post-fertilization, consisting of an inner cell mass and an outer layer of trophoblast cells.