Define genetics
The science that accounts for natural differences and resemblances among organisms related by descent
Define DNA
The combination of proteins, called nucleotides, that is arranged to make up an organisms chromosomes
Heredity is best defined as
The process by which organisms pass genetic traits on to their offspring
What is genome?
All DNA in an organism, including it's genes
Name two goals of the Human Genome Project
1) Map the location of each gene in all 46 chromosomes
2) Create a data bank of the information
Susan's father developed Huntingtons disease when she was 28. She is healthy, but wants to be tested to see if she has the gene to develop the disease. What type of genetic testing will she have?
Predictive testing
A permanent change in DNA is called
Mutation
A test performed to determine if harmful genes are present in a fetus is called
Amniocentesis
In which of the following situations might DNA testing be indicated?
All of these
Genetic discrimination is best described as
Differential treatment of individuals based on their actual or presumed genetic differences
An experimental treatment for hereditary diseases
Gene therapy
The process that produced Dolly the sheep
Cloning
Specialized cells considered most valuable for purposes of genetic manipulation
Multipotent
Those specialized cells that can become almost any kind of cell
Pluripotent
Those cells that can become only one type of body cell
Stem cells
Artificial insemination may be an acceptable remedy for
Infertility
Which of the following best defines in vitro fertilization?
Fertilization taking place outside a woman's body
Which of the following best defines surrogacy?
A woman bears a child for another woman
The government serves as a child's parent
Parens patriae
The common standard when the government makes decisions for minor children
Best interest of the child
Federal regulations concerning newborns who are severely disabled take their authority from which federal regulation?
Child Abuse Amendment
State laws that allow a parent to abandon newborns to designated safe locations
Safe haven laws
In the past, these laws have dictated that parents have a right to decide what medical care children receive
Common law
In most states, which of the following age groups can receive some type of medical care without parental permission?
Mature minors
Minors may be declared emancipated only if they
Receive parental permission to request emancipation
Once declared emancipated, a minor can lose that status of he or she
None of these
A physician or other health care practitioners who treats a minor in a nonemergency situation, without parental consent, risk being charged with
Assault and or battery