Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Uses and Issues

5- credits

Surveys current genetic tests offered directly to customers (including all types of genomic data generated, and interpretations in health and ancestry). Investigates current use of personal genomics in forensic and political realms, as well as marketing and regulation of these tests. Ethical, legal, and social implications covered in lectures, debates, and case studies. Recommended: prior exposure to basic genetics (at any level). Offered: Sp.