Chapter 10, Problem 10CTQ

Summary Introduction

To determine:

Whether an individual would wish to use the technology to find out whether he and his children are at risk for genetic disease.

Concept introduction

The genetic disorder occurs when a disease is caused by any abnormalities present in the genome of a human. Genetic disorders are rare and affect one person in every thousand. A genetic disorder can be hereditary which means it is passed down from one generation to other through the parent’s gene if the defect has occurred in the germline. Some genetic disorders are caused by new changes or mutations in the DNA.