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Genetic Testing

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Definition: Detection of a MUTATION; GENOTYPE; KARYOTYPE; or specific ALLELES associated with genetic traits, heritable diseases, or predisposition to a disease, or that may lead to the disease in descendants. It includes prenatal genetic testing.  human and animal; for phenotype or genotype   
See Also Databases, Genetic; Databases, Nucleic Acid; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genetic Privacy; Heterozygote Detection; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; Preimplantation Diagnosis; Prenatal Diagnosis 		Other names Genetic Predisposition Testing; Testing, Predictive Genetic; Testing, Genetic Predictive; Testing, Genetic; Screenings, Genetic; Screening, Genetic; Predisposition Testing, Genetic; Genetic Testing, Predictive; Genetic Screenings; Genetic Predictive Testing; Testing, Genetic Predisposition; Predictive Testing, Genetic; Predictive Genetic Testing; Genetic Screening

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