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Genetics 133 Exam 1 Glossary with 100- correct answers 2025
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Genetics 133 Exam 1 Glossarywith 100% correct answers
2025
Genetics - answer The study of heredity, or how the characteristics of
living things are transmitted from one generation to the next. Every living
thing contains the genetic material that makes up DNA molecules. This
material is passed on when organisms reproduce.
Bioethics - answer the study of the ethical issues emerging from
advances in biology and medicine
Ethics - answer moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the
conducting of an activity
Justification - answer the action of showing something to be right or
reasonable
Affordable Care Act - answer a United States federal statute enacted by
the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack
Obama on March 23, 2010
Allele - answer One of two or more alternative forms of a gene or
segment of DNA. Each individual of a diploid species contains two alleles
of every gene or segment of DNA, having received one allele from each
parent
Allele frequency - answer A quantitative concept that relates to the many
alleles that exist in populations of individuals. When two or more alleles of
a gene or segment of DNA exist in a population, the allele frequency of
one allele is its numerical fraction of total alleles in the population. Allele
frequencies vary from 0 (that allele not present in the population) to 1.0
(that allele is present in all genomes of all individuals in the population)
, Analytical validity - answer test results are accurate and reliable
Ancestry Informative Markers - answer -SNPs whose allele frequencies
are significantly different in populations from different geographical
regions of the world
-More AIMS = more precise ancestry data
Carrier testing - answer type of genetic testing that is used to determine
if a person is a carrier for a specific autosomal recessive diseases
Clinical validity - answer reliable results are of consistent clinical
significance
Diagnostic testing - answer A diagnostic test is a procedure performed to
confirm, or determine the presence of disease in an individual suspected
of having the disease, usually following the report of symptoms, or based
on the results of other medical tests
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing - answer genetic test marketed
directly to consumers that provides access to one's genetic information
without medical professional involvement
False positives - answer a test result which incorrectly indicates that a
particular condition or attribute is present
Forensic testing - answer Uses DNA sequences to identify an individual
for legal purposes
Gene - answer a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to
offspring
Genetic predisposition - answer an increased likelihood of developing a
particular disease based on a person's genetic makeup
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