Testing Family Bonds: Question 6 -- Genetics

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Date Posted: 11:52:55 03/04/02 Mon
Author: Cassie Dyer
Subject: Testing Family Bonds: Question 6

I think Barbara Biesecker meant that there are some gentic tests that determine whether or not you carry a gene for something good or beneficial. If the test was positive, you carried the gene, and that would be beneficial. If the test was negative, you would not be a carrier and that could lead to future health problems. Genetic test result are not always positive=bad and negative=good. There are instances where the opposite is true. There is some evidence of Biesecker's theory in the case of Sherry and Lani. The results came back as Sherry being positive for a bad gene and Lani being negative for the same gene. But the results were not the best. Instead of relief for Lani, she was over come with guilt. The news also isolated Sherry from her sister because they did not share the gene and it appeared that Sherry was jealous and upset that the news for Lani came out negative. These results did not bring the best and worst news.

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