Abstract
Research on comparative-behavioral defects due to behavioral teratogens has halted by a persisting dielemma of conceptualization. Many factors may be encountered in behavioral teratology testing. These have either been intrinstic to the developing organism, i. e., genetic influences, or to the environment in which that development occurs. The maternal and paternal genotypes are important determinants of offspring behavior in their interaction with prenatal treatments. The choice of the testing subjects will obviously influence the nature and sophistication of the behavioral teratology tests. This paper is proposed to discuss some of the practical problems about the testing subjects and to suggest methods of controlling certain of these problems.
