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Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.

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Generally speaking, coronavirus is not more dangerous for pregnant mothers, but its effect on the foetus, both short term and long term, is still not well understood.

Because there haven’t been studies like this that have been done before, we have the ability to find new genes that are essential for [fetal] development and viability and reveal new biology about what types of mutations affect fertility.

1. Legume grown for hay and forage
5. Game bird in a covey
8. Ecosystem of Tanzania
9. Ursine neonate
10. Like 2017 but not 2018
11. Fruit also known as alligator pear
12. Articular structures
13. Where to spot an epiglottis
16. Great Plains ecosystem
18. Quarry of many NASA searches
20. Prefix on glyceride
21. Approximate weight of a grain of sand
22. Divisions in dendrochronology
23. Drug used to treat atrial fibrillation

1. Author of “Venus and the Cat”2. Fusion of two gametes3. Like the day of the summer solstice4. Cryptozoological creature like Bigfoot ...

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