Craig Venter, a Leader of One of the Teams That

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Multiple Choice

Craig Venter, a leader of one of the teams that sequenced the human genome, turned his attention to cataloging the microbial life of the oceans.His studies, which involve PCR amplification of microbial DNA and a sequencing of the PCR products, are part of a field of biology called

• A) functional genomics.
• B) transposon tagging.
• C) proteomics.
• D) phenomics.
• E) metagenomics.

Understand the timeline and stages of prenatal development.

Recognize the basic concepts of genetics related to prenatal development.

Identify key developmental landmarks during the germinal, embryonic, and fetal periods.

Understand the role of X-linked traits in genetic inheritance.

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