Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 42, Problem 1CT

The rubella virus causes German measles. If a pregnant woman is is infected by the rubella virus during the first trimester of her pregnancy, her child may be born deaf or blind. Infections later in pregnancy do not increase the risk of these effects. Explain why.

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