How can nutrition of the mother during pregnancy affect the risk of the offspring later being susceptible to obesity and cancer?
What will be an ideal response?
We now know that the activity of some genes can be changed by external influences, in this case, maternal nutrition. Changing the activity of genes during fetal development may result in disease later in life.
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One of the ways agricultural production of such fruits as tomatoes or cucumbers can be increased significantly is to grow them in:
A. soils rich in magnesium. B. soils rich in nitrogen. C. greenhouses supplied with extra carbon dioxide. D. greenhouses with extra oxygen. E. None of these is true.
Gravity-sensing mechanisms of many
organisms are based on a. spicules. b. statoliths. c. uric acid crystals. d. sclereids. e. nematocysts
Which organic molecule is composed of an amino group, a carboxylic acid group, and an R group?
A. carbohydrate B. phospholipid C. amino acid D. nucleotide
Organisms suffering from malnutrition may have a diet deficient in
A) one or more essential nutrients. B) bile and acids needed for digestion. C) digestive enzymes. D) water.