You are working in a research lab investigating imprinting. You have created some zygotes by exchanging the pronuclei of different embryos so that some embryos have only paternal chromosomes or only maternal chromosomes. If you implanted a zygote carrying only paternal chromosomes into a surrogate uterus, you might expect      a. A healthy embryo would grow, but the placenta would be defective

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You are working in a research lab investigating imprinting. You have created some zygotes by exchanging the pronuclei of different embryos so that some embryos have only paternal chromosomes or only maternal chromosomes. If you implanted a zygote carrying only paternal chromosomes into a surrogate uterus, you might expect

 

  

a. A healthy embryo would grow, but the placenta would be defective

 

      

b. An ectopic pregnancy would likely occur

 

      

c. A healthy fetus would likely develop

 

      

d. A hydatidiform mole would likely form

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