In Young Children,vitamin a and Protein Deficiency Will

question 28

Multiple Choice

In young children,vitamin A and protein deficiency will:

• A) cause an increase in the thickness of epiphyseal plates in the growing long bones.
• B) cause a decrease in the thickness of epiphyseal plates in the growing long bones.
• C) produce the same alterations of the epiphyseal plate as does vitamin D deficiency.
• D) have no effect on the epiphyseal plate but will cause an increase in bone marrow production.

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Population Size

The total number of individual organisms inhabiting a particular area or environment at a given time.

Inbreeding

The mating of closely related individuals, which can increase the chance of offspring inheriting identical copies of genes from both parents, potentially leading to a greater risk of recessive genetic disorders.

Deleterious Alleles

Deleterious alleles are variants of genes that negatively affect the fitness or survival of an individual carrying them.

Homozygosity

The state of having two identical alleles at a particular gene locus, leading to the expression of a specific trait.