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Vulnerability of the fetus to defects during different periods of development. The red portion of the bars represents the most sensitive periods of development, during which teratogenic effects on the sites listed would result in major structural abnormalities in the child. The yellow portion of the bars represents periods of development during which physiological defects and minor structural abnormalities would occur.
SOURCE: Adapted from Moore 1993.
