Question

Thalidomide, now banned for use as a sedative during pregnancy, was used in the early 1960s by many women in their first trimester of pregnancy. Some of these women gave birth to children with limb and organ deformities, suggesting that the drug most likely influenced ________.

Answer 1

Morphogenesis

Explanation:

Thalidomide are now not taken by women who are pregnant or who could become pregnant

Thalidomide was used as sedative by women in early 1960s and even a single dose of thalidomide taken during pregnancy can cause severe birth defects (physical problems present in the baby at birth) or death of the unborn baby

Morphogenesis is associated with development of shape and since use of thalidomide leads to limb and organ deformities, it influences the morphogenesis of children