2014-12-10 Evening: genetics

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk
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There will be a class on Tuesday, December 23, because we won't have a class on Wednesday, December 24.

(The next class after that will be January 5.)

The last day of this session will be Monday, January 26.

Starting January 27, we will switch to Tuesday&Thursday classes (same hours).
(That session continues until March 5th.)
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More than 15 minutes late = absent.
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p. 64

"designer babies"
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p. 65 part A
1 manipulate
(Manipulating people is negative, because it's like you are tricking the people, and not letting them make their own decisions.)
guilt trip: when someone makes you feel guilty for something you did
2 gauge (ignore the 'u', it rhymes with "cage")
3 reluctant
4 stellar = very good
5 staggering = overwhelming; too much for a person to deal with
6 ramifications
7 specter (originally similar to "ghost")
8 screenings
9 intervention
10 predispositions
11 stricken
http://testyourvocab.com/ - estimate of the number of English words you know

cure: fix a disease or sickness (after you're cured, you don't have the condition any more)
treatment: some intervention to make a condition better (but not cure it)
stroke: a brain injury where part of the brain does not receive blood long enough to cause damage
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https://www.23andme.com/
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"everyone will eventually look and act the same if parents select the traits of their children"

"the grass is always greener (on the other side of the fence)"
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Homework: p. 70-74 - reading and questions