Life: The Science of Biology
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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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