How can a father's habits affect the health of an unborn child during prenatal development?

A. A father's nicotine intake produces DNA changes that are passed to the fetus on chromosome 23.
B. A father's use of barbiturates interacts with a mother's use of marijuana, resulting in missing chromosomes on a child's 8th pair.
C. A father's use of alcohol or illegal drugs can affect his sperm, which in turn may lead to chromosomal damage that affects the fetus.
D. A father's use of crack cocaine causes sperm mutations, such that two sperm are capable of fertilizing a single ovum.


Answer: C

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