<b>Chapter 1: Genetic testing, some themes and some basics</b><p>¿ Brief introduction to genetic testing.</p>¿ Themes<p></p><p>o Complexity</p><p>o Risk and uncertainty</p><p>o DNA and identities</p><p>o Future promises and limitations</p><p>¿ Genetic basics</p><p>o Information storage and copying</p>o Chromosomes and inheritance patterns<p></p><p>o Genes in genomes (nuclear and mitochondrial)</p><p>o Transcription, translation and the genetic code</p><p>o Mutation</p><p>¿ Basic techniques of genetic testing</p><p>o DNA extraction</p><p>o Hybridisation</p>o PCR and DNA amplification<p>