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| stage of a baby after 8weeks of development |
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| stage of development up to about 8 weeks leads to the formation of the foetus |
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| prenatal test to assess health of foetus using cells from amniotic fluid |
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| use of test to identify risk of a disorder before birth |
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| identification of the risk of disorders in unborn babies |
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| diagnostic procedure used for various prenatal checks, such as establishing the stage of pregnancy and due date |
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| chorionic villus sampling |
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| prenatal test to assess health of foetus using cells from the placenta |
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| antenatal ultrasound scan that checks for physical abnormalities - done between 18-20 weeks |
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| display of a person chromosomes paired up; produced for medical purposes |
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| diagnostic test of new born babies |
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| metabolic disorder that is tested for by postnatal screening |
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| allele on chromosomes 1-22; expressed in the phenotype if the genotype is homozygous for the recessive allele |
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| diagram showing the occurrence of phenotypes of a particular gene in a family tree |
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| allele on chromosomes 1-22; always expressed in the phenotype |
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| when an allele is not completely masked by a dominant allele, thus affecting an individual’s phenotype |
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| recessive allele carried on the part of the X chromosome where there is no corresponding Y chromosome |
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| form of a gene coding for a version of a characteristic |
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| having two identical alleles for the same gene |
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| having two different alleles for the same gene |
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| antenatal ultrasound scan that determines stage of pregnancy and due date – done between 8-14 weeks |
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