Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305251052
Author: Michael Cummings
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 16, Problem 18QP

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To determine: The possible method to handle the scenario in which an individual should contact the proband beforehand to explain the results and the implications of the results.

Introduction: A couple has undergone a prenatal test in which the young woman (proband) is found to have the sickle cell trait (Ss), and her partner does not have the sickle cell anemia (SS). The woman’s family has a family history of sickle cell anemia. Their prenatal tests indicate that the fetus is affected with sickle cell anemia (ss) and the only way it is possible is when the woman’s partner is not the father of the fetus.

b.

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To determine: Whether it is appropriate to keep the information from the partner as he believes he is the father of the baby and the other problems related to this case.

Introduction: A couple has undergone a prenatal test in which the young woman (proband) is found to have the sickle cell trait (Ss), and her partner does not have the sickle cell anemia (SS). The woman’s family has a family history of sickle cell anemia. Their prenatal tests indicate that the fetus is affected with sickle cell anemia (ss) and the only way it is possible is when the woman’s partner is not the father of the fetus.

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