HSS 4102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Californium, Herbicide, Sonic Hedgehog
8 Nov 2017
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Heavy metal teratogens: mercury is poisonous. > brain affected. Losing the senses: sense of touch, lack of hearing and sight. Bad moter-control: methylmercury and minamata syndrome regions of the brain and their functions affected by methylmercury it can pas on to a new born baby by the milk/breast feeding. The appearance of developmental anomalies such as two-headed strout hatchlings focused attention on heavy metal dumping by mining companies into lakes of western. U. s. > you don"t want to eat fish from lakes that have too much heavy metals. Also affects the embryo if the women has one. Fetal alcohol syndrome (fas) > a and c, compared to normal brain in (b) and (d). Teragonetic agents: retinoic acid absent or defective ears absent or small jaws cleft palate aortic arch abnormalities thymic deficiencies central nervous system. Then it is transformed into retinoic acid in the body. Glyphosate is bad for embryos. sonic hedgehog gene expression.
