Genetic Ancestry Testing
Popular television shows, such as Finding Your Roots and Who Do You Think You Are?, have ignited a renewed passion for traditional genealogical research and thrown genetic ancestry testing into the spotlight. Once a tool only for historians and forensic scientists, DNA testing is now available directly to the consumer. Supporting the Next Generation Science Standards on heredity and inheritance of traits, this book uses simple language and detailed images and charts to explain how genetic ancestry testing is done, what it can, and cannot, reveal about a family tree, and the potential unintended consequences of being tested. Sidebars offer information about related topics, such as the Human Genome Project, mitochondrial Eve, and genetic genealogy careers.
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Genetic Ancestry Testing
Popular television shows, such as Finding Your Roots and Who Do You Think You Are?, have ignited a renewed passion for traditional genealogical research and thrown genetic ancestry testing into the spotlight. Once a tool only for historians and forensic scientists, DNA testing is now available directly to the consumer. Supporting the Next Generation Science Standards on heredity and inheritance of traits, this book uses simple language and detailed images and charts to explain how genetic ancestry testing is done, what it can, and cannot, reveal about a family tree, and the potential unintended consequences of being tested. Sidebars offer information about related topics, such as the Human Genome Project, mitochondrial Eve, and genetic genealogy careers.
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Genetic Ancestry Testing

Genetic Ancestry Testing

by Kristi Lew
Genetic Ancestry Testing

Genetic Ancestry Testing

by Kristi Lew

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Overview

Popular television shows, such as Finding Your Roots and Who Do You Think You Are?, have ignited a renewed passion for traditional genealogical research and thrown genetic ancestry testing into the spotlight. Once a tool only for historians and forensic scientists, DNA testing is now available directly to the consumer. Supporting the Next Generation Science Standards on heredity and inheritance of traits, this book uses simple language and detailed images and charts to explain how genetic ancestry testing is done, what it can, and cannot, reveal about a family tree, and the potential unintended consequences of being tested. Sidebars offer information about related topics, such as the Human Genome Project, mitochondrial Eve, and genetic genealogy careers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780766099470
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Publication date: 07/30/2018
Series: Heredity and Genetics Series
Pages: 80
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range: 12 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Chapter 1 Understanding Inheritance 10

Chapter 2 Genetic Ancestry Basics 20

Chapter 3 Types of Genetic Ancestry Tests 31

Chapter 4 Genetic Ancestry Testing and Ethnicity 42

Chapter 5 Ethics of Genetic Genealogy 51

Chapter 6 The Future of DNA Testing 61

Bibliography 71

Glossary 74

Further Reading 76

Index 78

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