Suppose you are told that a number of women are pregnant.In the absence of any other inFormation,if you had to guess the stage of prenatal development,you would be correct MOST often if you guessed the _____ stage.
A)germinal
B)zygotic
C)embryonic
D)fetal

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The fetal stage is the longest stage of prenatal development, lasting from the ninth week after fertilization until birth. Therefore, if you are told that a woman is pregnant and have no other information, the chances are higher that the woman is in the fetal stage than in any of the earlier stages such as germinal, zygotic or embryonic stage. This makes D) fetal the best choice to guess the stage of prenatal development.

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