Tashina is studying the process of prenatal development and is interested in the way the environment affects a baby's prenatal development. She spends time studying how birth defects can occur in a developing baby due to environmental influences called Group of answer choices teratogens. fetuses. zygotes. embryos.

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Hezekiah Warner

24 August, 09:12

Tashina is studying the process of prenatal development and is interested in the way the environment affects a baby's prenatal development. She spends time studying how birth defects can occur in a developing baby due to environmental influences called Group of answer choices teratogens. fetuses. zygotes. embryos.

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Desmond Ochoa · Answer 1

Teratogens

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A teratogen is an agent, which can cause a birth defect. It is usually something in the environment that the mother may be exposed to during her pregnancy. It could be a prescribed medication, a street drug, alcohol use, or a disease present in the mother which could increase the chance for the baby to be born with a birth defect. 80 per cent of child defects are caused by teratogens.