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Published in: Journal of Genetic Counseling 2/2017

01-04-2017 | Editorial

Commentary to “My Identical Twin Sequenced Our Genome”: Cautionary Genomics

Author: Wylie Burke

Published in: Journal of Genetic Counseling | Issue 2/2017

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The commentary by Schilit and Schilit Nitenson in the current issue (Schilit and Schilit Nitenson 2016) offers important insights into the prospect of whole genome sequencing. The authors, monozygotic twins, describe their experience after one of them chose to pursue the test over the misgivings of the other. Although genetics professionals routinely discuss the family implications of genetic testing, the particular ethical and practical questions raised by testing a monozygotic twin have not been fully explored. In this case, the test was ordered by a primary care provider who failed to address the issue during pre-test counseling. …
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Metadata
Title
Commentary to “My Identical Twin Sequenced Our Genome”: Cautionary Genomics
Author
Wylie Burke
Publication date
01-04-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Genetic Counseling / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1059-7700
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3599
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-016-0054-7

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