In Studies Relating Homicide to Alcohol Use

question 41

Multiple Choice

In studies relating homicide to alcohol use,

• A)there is no statistical relationship between drinking and homicide.
• B)about half of all murderers and about half of all homicide victims had been drinking.
• C)murderers were likely to have been drinking,but their victims were not.
• D)victims were likely to have been drinking,but the murderers were not.

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Definitions:

Maternal Determinants

Substances, such as proteins or RNAs, located in the egg cytoplasm, provided by the mother, that influence the early development of the embryo.

Mitosis

A process of cell division in eukaryotic cells that results in two genetically identical daughter cells from a single parent cell.

Cytoplasmic Segregation

Process that parcels out the maternal determinants, which play a role in development, during mitosis.

Programmed Cell Death

A regulated process by which cells intentionally die, playing a critical role in development and disease prevention.