Diagnostic Genetic Testing - Core Concepts and the Wider Context for Human DNA Analysis

Chapter 1: Genetic testing, some themes and some basics

-         Brief introduction to genetic testing.

-         Themes

o    Complexity

o    Risk and uncertainty

o    DNA and identities

o    Future promises and limitations

-         Genetic basics

o    Information storage and copying

o    Chromosomes and inheritance patterns

o    Genes in genomes (nuclear and mitochondrial)

o    Transcription, translation and the genetic code

o    Mutation

-         Basic techniques of genetic testing

o    DNA extraction

o    Hybridisation

o    PCR and DNA amplification