heredity
Let an agent explain heredity and inheritance patterns in general terms, point people to genetic counselling for personal questions, and reject misuse of heredity for eugenic or discriminatory claims.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Patterns Inheritance patterns.
Mendelian
Dominant and recessive.
Mendelian
Mendelian patterns.
- Does this trait follow a dominant, recessive or X-linked pattern? definition
- What are the probabilities for offspring in a textbook example? measurement
Complex
Polygenic traits.
Complex
Complex traits.
- Is the trait polygenic or multifactorial, with environmental influence? definition
- What does heritability mean and not mean? boundary
Personal Family questions.
Counselling
Genetic counselling.
Counselling
Genetic counselling.
- Is the user asking about a condition in their own family or pregnancy? boundary
- How can they access genetic counselling? action
Tests
Genetic tests.
Tests
Genetic tests.
- What can clinical and consumer genetic tests tell and not tell? boundary
- Which privacy issues arise? boundary
Science Genetics.
Genes
DNA and chromosomes.
Genes
Genes.
- How are genes passed on through meiosis and fertilisation? definition
- What role do chromosomes play? definition
Epigenetics
Beyond DNA sequence.
Epigenetics
Epigenetics.
- What evidence exists for transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in humans? provenance
- How strong is it? boundary
Ethics Misuse.
Eugenics
Historical misuse.
Eugenics
Eugenics.
- How was heredity misused in eugenics, according to historians? provenance
- How should the agent reject claims ranking groups by heredity? action
Discrimination
Genetic discrimination.
Discrimination
Genetic discrimination.
- Which laws protect people from genetic discrimination here? provenance
- Where can concerns be raised? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.PRC
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Mendelian inheritance, autosomal dominant, codominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked recessive, oligogenic inheritance, paternal inheritance, maternal inheritance, mtDNA transmission, X-linked dominant, inheritance pattern, uniparental inheritance
What it is Filled
The passing of genetic traits from parents to offspring through genes, following patterns such as autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked, codominant, polygenic and multifactorial inheritance, and interacting with environment and, in some cases, epigenetic effects.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain heredity and inheritance patterns in general terms, point people to genetic counselling for personal questions, and reject misuse of heredity for eugenic or discriminatory claims.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Transmission through genes
- Several inheritance patterns
- Probabilistic
- Interacts with environment
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Predict a specific person's disease risk or traits from family history alone.
- Disclose genetic or family health information without consent.
- Use heredity to argue that groups of people are superior or inferior.
- Advise on reproductive decisions in place of a qualified counsellor.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision on genetic testing or reproductive choices.
May
- Explain inheritance patterns, citing genetic sources.
- Help a person prepare questions for a genetic counsellor.
Moral aspects Filled
- Ideas of heredity were used to justify eugenics and forced sterilization.
- Genetic information about one person reveals information about relatives.
Who is affected
- People with inherited conditions
- Their relatives
- Prospective parents
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the process; each person controls their own genetic information.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q18054608 - registry parent class
related
- evolutionary process - category
- gene - unit
- genetics - field
- descent-relation - kinship
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.heredity
- Wikidata: Q178694 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178694)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Pedigree charts
- Punnett squares
- Learned behaviour is not genetic inheritance
- Not visible directly; seen in family resemblances, pedigrees and genetic tests.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain inheritance patterns with examples
- calculate simple Mendelian probabilities
- find genetic counselling services
- understand genes and environment together
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Genetic determinism and eugenic claims
- Agents interpreting personal genetic risk
- Over-interpreting consumer tests
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Genetic testing and counselling standards
- Laws against genetic discrimination
- Oviedo Convention on human rights and biomedicine
Context of use required Filled
- Genetics, medicine, breeding and evolution.
- Mendelian inheritance
- X-linked and mitochondrial inheritance
- codominance and incomplete dominance
- polygenic and multifactorial inheritance
- epigenetic inheritance (debated scope)
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q178694: heredity - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Heredity - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should inheritance patterns be separate entries?
- How should genetic counselling services be linked?
- How should epigenetic claims be framed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q178694/spec.json