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Problem 1a
What experimental evidence confirms that we have introduced a useful gene into a transgenic organism and that it performs as we anticipate?
Problem 1b
How does a positive ASO test for sickle-cell anemia determine that an individual is homozygous recessive for the mutation that causes sickle-cell anemia?
Problem 1c
From microarray analysis, how do we know what genes are being expressed in a specific tissue?
Problem 1d
How can we correlate the genome with RNA expression data in a tissue or a single cell?
Problem 1e
From GWAS, how do we know which genes are associated with a particular genetic disorder?
Problem 2
Write a short essay that summarizes the impacts that genomic applications are having on society and discuss which of the ethical issues presented by these applications is the most daunting to society.