A 40-Year-Old Woman Has a Greater Probability of Giving Birth

question 108

Multiple Choice

A 40-year-old woman has a greater probability of giving birth to a child with Down syndrome than a 25-year-old woman because the 40-year-old woman is more likely to

• A) produce a flawed egg due to body aging, leading to chromosomal abnormalities.
• B) have eggs that suffer genetic mutations, leading to recessive illnesses.
• C) experience more exposure to harmful environmental influences, leading to faulty cell division.
• D) fail to produce eggs rapidly enough, leading to eggs that are not fully developed at the time of ovulation.

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