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Also Known As ultrasonography

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See how ultrasound and chorionic villus biopsy procedures can prenatally screen and diagnose diseases such as cystic fibrosis through DNA amplification and genetic fingerprinting
See the crawling movements of the fetal Australian tammar wallaby through ultrasound imaging, three days before their birth
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