When He Goes to Graduate School, Darrin Would Like to Do

question 21

Multiple Choice

When he goes to graduate school, Darrin would like to do research that might help overcome the trial-and-error nature of prescribing psychotropic medications. He is excited by a new field of study, called _____, which is concerned with how genes influence an individual's response to drugs.

• A)psychopharmacology
• B)contingency management
• C)psychoneuroleptics
• D)pharmacogenetics

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Definitions:

Hybrid Inviability

A postzygotic barrier where offspring resulting from the mating of two different species fail to survive to reproductive maturity.

Mechanical Isolation

A form of reproductive isolation where two species are prevented from interbreeding due to physical incompatibilities that prevent successful mating or fertilization.

Magic Traits

Specific traits in evolutionary biology that influence both mate choice and survival, facilitating speciation.

Genome

The complete set of genetic material, including all of the genes and their sequencing information, present in an organism or a cell.