Dr Developmental Is Giving a Talk on Statistical Trends in Fatherhood

question 85

Multiple Choice

Dr. Developmental is giving a talk on statistical trends in fatherhood over the past three decades. As of 2018 in the United States, he might mention that fathers:

• A) provide more hands-on child care, but still do far less than their wives.
• B) split the child care equally with their wives.
• C) take less child care responsibility than in the past.
• D) spend more time with their daughters than with their sons.

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Definitions:

Chromosomes

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of DNA.

Meiosis

A type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, essential for sexual reproduction.

Alleles

Variants of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.

DNA Sequences

The precise order of nucleotides within a DNA molecule, which determines the genetic information carried.