Applied Human Genetics.docx Applied Human Genetics 1 The "Carrier Status Reports"

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Applied Human Genetics.docx Applied Human Genetics 1 The "Carrier Status Reports" are included as part of a report in the health + Ancestry service of the direct-to-consumer genetic testing. T... his reports mainly informs us about the presence of a variants which will not be detrimental to our own health, but one that could affect the health of our future offspring. Carrier for a particular gene variant means that people only carry one genetic variant in its recessive condition for any disease. A carrier is one that will have one normal copy of the gene and one diseased copy, but in its recessive condition. When two carrier individuals produce an offspring, there is 25% chance of the offspring to be affected with a diseased condition, because here two recessive alleles will be expressed all along and will lead to an autosomal recessive disorder. Autosomal recessive disorder: -Here there will be two mutated ge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Show More]

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