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Set 22 Medical Genetics And Cancer

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Question 1

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What is the difference between genetic testing and genetic screening?

A) Genetic testing is concerned more with individuals and genetic screening is concerned with populations.
B) Genetic screening is concerned more with individuals and genetic testing is concerned with populations.
C) They use different tests and techniques to detect genetic mutations.
D) Genetic testing is concerned more with nonlethal syndromes and diseases, and genetic screening is concerned with lethal diseases and syndromes.

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Question 2

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Haplotypes can be useful in the identification of disease genes since

A) the least concordant marker(s) is typically the one that is closest to the disease gene.
B) the most concordant marker(s) is typically the one that is closest to the disease gene.
C) the most concordant marker(s) is the disease gene.
D) no pedigree information needs to be known.

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Question 3

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You are analyzing a human pedigree for a new disease and discover that the disease occurs with the same frequency in both sexes and that 25% of the children from two unaffected heterozygous parents have the disease.This disease is displaying ________ inheritance.

A) autosomal recessive
B) autosomal dominant
C) sex-linked recessive
D) sex-linked dominant

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