Life: The Science of Biology
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ISBN: 9781319010164
Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 15.4, Problem 1R
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The comparison of advantages between genotypic screening by allele-specific oligonucleotide hybridization and
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Genetic screening is a process, used to detect genetic disease of a person who is either carrier or susceptible to the disease. There are two types of genetic screening that are done to identify a genetic disease. These are genotypic and phenotypic screening.
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