Your Friend Wants to Ensure That His/her First Child Is

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Multiple Choice

Your friend wants to ensure that his/her first child is a boy.Which of the following can you accurately tell your friend?

• A)"Hey,sorry,that's sci-fi."
• B)"The kits you can get on the Internet are cheap,but they're only 85% effective."
• C)"Go for the fluorescence-activated sorter.It's expensive,but it's the best."
• D)"The best way to do that is to use the preimplantation genetic diagnosis."

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Cortisol

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Biological Model

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Learning Model

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