A 39-Year-Old Primigravida Thinks That She Is About 8 Weeks

question 4

Multiple Choice

A 39-year-old primigravida thinks that she is about 8 weeks pregnant, although she has had irregular menstrual periods all her life. She has a history of smoking approximately one pack of cigarettes a day, but she tells you that she is trying to cut down. Her laboratory data are within normal limits. What diagnostic technique could be used with this pregnant woman at this time?

• A) Ultrasound examination
• B) Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening (MSAFP)
• C) Amniocentesis
• D) Nonstress test (NST)

Understand the importance and application of similarity matrices in molecular evolutionary studies.

Grasp the techniques used to detect specific types of nucleotide substitutions.

Learn about the impact of gene duplication and functional divergence in evolutionary processes.

Realize the significance of conserved sequences in proteins and the evolutionary pressures acting on them.

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