Chapter 8, Problem 25ESP

Summary Introduction

To describe: Whether there is a genetic explanation for the frequent miscarriages of a woman with chromosomal rearrangement.

Introduction: The females mate with the male organisms to produce offspring. The sperm fertilizes with the eggs and produce an embryo. A developed embryo is termed fetus. The fetus stays in the mother’s womb for nine months. Miscarriage is the death of the fetus in the mother’s womb.

Summary Introduction

To describe: Whether the woman should abandon attempts to have a child.

Introduction: The woman with frequent miscarriages faces severe emotional, mental, and physical stresses. However, there are medical advancements that have decreased the chances of miscarriages. The women can consult doctors and take proper care to protect the child from miscarriages.

Summary Introduction

To describe: The chances that a woman facing frequent miscarriages due to chromosomal rearrangement can produce a normal child.

Introduction: The child of a woman with chromosomal rearrangement is different from normal child. The woman with genetic problems can pass the abnormal genes to the child. The child produced by such mother faces genetic disorders and abnormalities.