Which Statement About the Adjustment to Having a Stepfather Is

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Multiple Choice

Which statement about the adjustment to having a stepfather is true?

• A)Preadolescent boys adjust more readily than preadolescent girls to having a stepfather.
• B)Preadolescent girls adjust more readily than preadolescent boys to having a stepfather.
• C)In early adolescence, both boys and girls usually adjust readily to having a stepfather.
• D)In early adolescence, both boys and girls usually have great difficulty adjusting to having a stepfather.

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Centromeres

The region on a chromosome where the two sister chromatids attach and that is crucial for proper chromosome segregation during cell division.

Sister Chromatids

Refers to two identical strands joined by a common centromere, formed from the replication of a chromosome during S phase of the cell cycle.

Gonadal Tissues

The tissues that compose the gonads, which are the primary reproductive organs (ovaries in females and testes in males), responsible for producing gametes and hormones.

Early Blood Cells

Precursors to mature blood cells, formed in the bone marrow from hematopoietic stem cells.