In a Hypothetical Situation in the Future,you Are a 22-Year-Old

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Essay

In a hypothetical situation in the future,you are a 22-year-old college student.Your doctor tells you that new technology has produced a lab test that can tell you your chances of developing a particular paralyzing disease by age 30.There is no treatment for this disease.Explain why you would or would not have this test done.

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Definitions:

Basidiomycota

A large division of fungi, commonly known as club fungi, that includes mushrooms, toadstools, puffballs, and shelf fungi, characterized by producing spores on basidia.

Karyogamy

The final phase of the sexual cycle of fungi and algae, where the nuclei of two mating types or gametes fuse together to form a zygote.

Basidium

A microscopic, spore-producing structure found on the gills under the cap of a mushroom, characteristic of Basidiomycota fungi.

Mushrooms

Fungi that produce a fruiting body above or on the surface of soil, commonly edible and known for their variety in form and biological properties.