Which statement is true regarding the ethical considerations surrounding human genetics?
a. Genetic discrimination is not a concern in the US with the scant genetic information
known now.
b. Genetic discrimination is not possible when all the genetic information and its effects are
known.
c. In the current ethical climate genetic privacy is not a significant concern.
d. Consanguineous matings increase the chances of the inheritances of autosomal recessive
alleles.
e. Insurance companies have no arguments for wanting genetic information on their policy
holders.
D
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a. true b. false