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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Purpose and description
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.
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.
What it is for: Genetics, medicine, breeding and evolution.
It can be explain inheritance patterns with examples; calculate simple Mendelian probabilities; find genetic counselling services; understand genes and environment together.
Distinguishing features
Transmission through genes
Several inheritance patterns
Probabilistic
Interacts with environment
What it looks like
Not visible directly; seen in family resemblances, pedigrees and genetic tests.
How it is recognised
Pedigree charts
Punnett squares
Learned behaviour is not genetic inheritance
Related models
is a kind of - category
is carried by - unit
is studied by - field
is related to - kinship
In practice
Families and kinds
Mendelian inheritance
X-linked and mitochondrial inheritance
codominance and incomplete dominance
polygenic and multifactorial inheritance
epigenetic inheritance (debated scope)
Standards and regulation
Genetic testing and counselling standards
Laws against genetic discrimination
Oviedo Convention on human rights and biomedicine
Failure modes and hazards
Genetic determinism and eugenic claims
Agents interpreting personal genetic risk
Over-interpreting consumer tests
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.heredity-attribute
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Patterns Inheritance patterns.
Patterns guide expectations.
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 helps.
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.
Mechanisms explain heredity.
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.
Heredity has been misused.
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
What the second pass must settle
- Should inheritance patterns be separate entries?
- How should genetic counselling services be linked?
- How should epigenetic claims be framed?