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Eugenics is a discredited belief that selective breeding for certain inherited human traits can improve the “fitness” of future generations. For eugenicists, “fitness” corresponded to a narrow view of humanity and society that developed directly from the ideologies and practices of scientific racism, colonialism, ableism and imperialism.

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Environmental Factors

Environmental factors, as related to genetics, refers to exposures to substances (such as pesticides or industrial waste) where we live or work, behaviors (such as smoking or poor diet) that can increase an individual’s risk of disease or stressful situations (such as racism).

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Dominant Traits and Alleles

Dominant, as related to genetics, refers to the relationship between an observed trait and the two inherited versions of a gene related to that trait.

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Data Science

Data science involves the study of large, complex data sets that arise from various types of research projects.

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CRISPR

CRISPR (short for “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats”) is a technology that research scientists use to selectively modify the DNA of living organisms.

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Central Dogma

The central dogma of molecular biology is a theory that states that genetic information flows only in one direction, from DNA to RNA to protein.

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Cell-Free DNA Testing

Cell-free DNA testing is a laboratory method that involves analyzing free (i.e., non-cellular) DNA contained within a biological sample, most often to look for genomic variants associated with a hereditary or genetic disorder.

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Cancer-Susceptibility Gene

A cancer-susceptibility gene is a gene that, when changed (or mutated), gives an individual an increased risk for developing cancer

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Autosomal Recessive Disorder

Autosomal recessive is a pattern of inheritance characteristic of some genetic disorders.

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Alternative Splicing

Alternative splicing is a cellular process in which exons from the same gene are joined in different combinations, leading to different, but related, mRNA transcripts.