Human Genetics, 10th Edition, (Lewis)

Chapter 21: Reproductive Technologies

Learning Outcomes


21.1

 

Savior Siblings and More

1.

  

Explain how a child can be conceived to provide tissue for an older sibling.

2.

  

Define assisted reproductive technology.

21.2

 

Infertility and Subfertility

3.

  

Distinguish infertility from subfertility.

4.

  

Describe causes of infertility in the male.

5.

  

Describe causes of infertility in the female.

6.

  

List infertility tests.

21.3

 

Assisted Reproductive Technologies

7.

  

Describe assisted reproductive technologies that donate sperm, uterus, or oocyte.

8.

  

List the steps of in vitro fertilization.

9.

  

Explain how preimplantation genetic diagnosis avoids the birth of a child with a particular genetic disease.

21.4

 

Extra Embryos

10.

  

Discuss uses for extra embryos resulting from assisted reproductive technologies.

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