KROK 1 2013 – Question 146 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A mother had taken synthetic hormones during pregnancy. Her daughter was born with hirsutism formally resembling of adrenal syndrome. Such manifestation of variability is called:
- A. Mutation
- B. Recombination
- C. Phenocopy
- D. Replication
- E. Heterosis
Hint
Consider whether the daughter's genotype changed, or only her phenotype under an environmental influence during development.
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