Heterozygote Screening Normally Involves

question 5

Multiple Choice

Heterozygote screening normally involves:

• A) testing healthy individuals to see if they possess mutant alleles that may make them ill later in life.
• B) testing newborn infants to see if they have a genetic disorder so that they can be treated immediately.
• C) examining fetal cells to see if they have a serious genetic disorder so that the pregnancy can be terminated if the parents so desire.
• D) testing to determine if two parents are related to each other.
• E) testing adult members of a particular population to identify heterozygous carriers for a recessive disorder.

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