Combined Science GCSE
Genetic testing
What Genetic testing means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Genetic testing
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Reference: AQA
Identifies alleles, for example testing for the allele that causes cystic fibrosis, and is not the same as gene therapy.
Topics that use Genetic testing
- DNA and the genome (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Chromosome
- Correlation and causation
- DNA
- Gene
- Genome
- Medical applications of genetics
- polymer
- Amino acid sequence
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