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Denita is going to do a book report for her English class on In The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do, by Judith Rich Harris. As part of her report, she plans to address the controversy among child development experts about Harris's conclusions. What are these controversies?

http://www.edweek.com/ew/vol-18/04parent.h18
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Warren is majoring in education and hopes to be involved in teaching mentally retarded children. He is interested in learning exactly what genetic defects cause Fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of mental retardation. What is the genetic makeup for Fragile X syndrome?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/FMR1.html
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Joyce is considering becoming a genetic counselor for prospective parents. What issues involving genetic testing, reproduction decisions, and in utero gene therapy will Joyce likely address with her clients?

http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/elsi/elsi.html





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