Infants develop a preference for the taste of their local food because
A) this information is passed genetically from mother to infant.
B) smell is the most highly developed sense in a newborn infant.
C) all infants prefer sweet flavors, which are the predominant taste in most cuisines.
D) mother's milk and amniotic fluid take of some of the flavor of foods the mother eats.

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Mother's milk and amniotic fluid take on some of the flavors of foods the mother eats, which exposes the infant to those flavors early on and can create a preference for those flavors later in life. This is known as flavor learning.

Infants Develop a Preference for the Taste of Their Local