If Chronic Child Abuse Alters a Victim's Gene Expression in Such

question 219

Multiple Choice

If chronic child abuse alters a victim's gene expression in such a fashion as to facilitate depression and suicide, this would be said to illustrate

• A) homeostasis.
• B) an epigenetic
• C) multiple sclerosis.
• D) hemispherectomy.

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