Answer as Requested. -In Studying the Relationship Between Abortion and Breast Cancer, Researchers

question 160

Multiple Choice

Answer as requested.
-In studying the relationship between abortion and breast cancer, researchers have identified a hormone that they believe explains how having an abortion can lead to breast cancer. This
Explanation is an example of which of the guidelines for establishing causality?

• A)Evidence that larger amounts of the suspected cause produce larger amounts of the effect.
• B)A physical model demonstrating how abortion can cause breast cancer
• C)Verification that breast cancer rates differ among groups that differ only in the presence or absence of the suspected cause (abortion).
• D)An experiment to establish causality between abortion and breast cancer.

---

Definitions:

Ascospores

Spores produced by ascus, a type of fungal hyphae, during the sexual reproduction phase of ascomycetes.

Binary Fission

A form of asexual reproduction seen in prokaryotes where the cell divides into two equally sized offspring cells.

Secondary Mycelium

A dikaryotic mycelium formed by the fusion of two primary hyphae.

Budding

A form of asexual reproduction in which a new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud due to cell division at one particular site.