A Group of Symptoms Called Down Syndrome Results from Trisomy

question 57

Multiple Choice

A group of symptoms called Down syndrome results from trisomy:

• A) 15.
• B) 19.
• C) 21.
• D) 23.

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Definitions:

Severe Shocks

Intense or extreme disturbances or impacts, usually referring to economic, environmental, or psychological events that have significant negative effects.

Evolutionary Theory

A scientific theory that describes the processes by which organisms change over generations due to changes in heritable physical or behavioral traits.

Kin Selection

A theory in evolutionary biology that suggests an organism will behave in ways that increase the reproductive success of its genetic relatives, even at a cost to its own survival and reproduction.

Genetically Identical

Organisms or cells having the same DNA sequence in all of their genes.