Refimprove date July 2008 In linguistics , genetic relationship is the usual term for the relationship which exists between language s that are members of the same language family . The term genealogical relationship is sometimes used to avoid confusion with the unrelated use of the term in biological genetics . Languages that possess genetic ties with one another belong to the same linguistic grouping, known as a language family . These ties are established through use of the comparative method of linguistic analysis. Two languages are considered to be genetically related if one is descended from the other or if both are descended from a common ancestor. For example, Italian language Italian is descended from Latin . Italian and Latin are therefore said to be genetically related. Spanish is also descended from Latin. Therefore, Spanish language Spanish and Italian are genetically related. Contact with another language can result in influence by it. For example, English language English has been influenced by French language French , Persian language Persian has been influenced by Arabic language Arabic , and Japanese language Japanese has been influenced by Chinese language Chinese . However, this influence by definition does not constitute a genetic relationship, or relates two very distantly related languages more, as with English and French, which are linked by Indo European language Indo European . The discipline of historical linguistics rests on the theory that almost all of the languages spoken in the world today can be grouped by derivation from common ancestral languages into a relatively small number of language family families . For example, English language English ... and creole languages Mixed language s, pidgin s and creole language s constitute special genetic .... Journal of Language Contact , Varia 2 40 67, p. 63. ref See also Language family Comparative linguistics Language isolate Sprachbund References Reflist Category Historical linguistics ling stub de ... more details
wiktionary geneticGenetic may refer to Genetics , in biology, the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms Genetic, used as an adjective, refers to heredity of traits Gene , a unit of heredity in the genome of an organism Geneticlinguistics , in linguistics, a relationship between two languages with a common ancestor language Genetic algorithm , in computer science, a kind of search technique modeled on evolutionary biology disambiguation simple Genetic ur ... more details
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A genetic operator is an Operator programming operator used in genetic algorithms to maintain genetic diversity , known as Mutation genetic algorithm and to combine existing solutions into others, Crossover genetic algorithm . The main difference between them is that the mutation operators operate on one chromosome, that is, they are unary, while the crossover operators are binary operators. Genetic variation is a necessity for the process of evolution . Genetic operators used in genetic algorithms are analogous to those in the natural world survival of the fittest , or selection genetic algorithm selection reproduction crossover genetic algorithm crossover , also called recombination and mutation genetic algorithm mutation . Types of Operators 1. Mutation genetic algorithm 2. Crossover genetic algorithm DEFAULTSORT Genetic Operator Category Genetic algorithms compu AI stub ar ca Operador gen tic algorisme gen tic de Genetischer Operator es Operador gen tico zh ... more details
Genetic distance refers to the genetics genetic divergence between species or between populations within a species. It is measured by a variety of parameters. Smaller genetic distances indicate a close genetic relationship whereas large genetic distances indicate a more distant genetic relationship. Genetic distance can be used to compare the genetic similarity between different species, such as humans and chimpanzees. Within a species genetic distance can be used to measure the divergence between different sub species. In its simplest form, the genetic distance between two populations is the difference ... individuals is 50.4 among Basques, 41.2 in France and 41.1 in England. Thus the genetic difference between the Basques and French is 9.2 and the genetic difference between the French and the English is 0.1 for the RH negative trait. The genetic distance of several individual traits can then be averaged to compute an overall genetic distance. ref name CavalliSforza Genes, Peoples, and Languages By L. L. Luigi Luca Cavalli Sforza ISBN 0520228731 ref Measures of genetic distance There are several measures used to indicate genetic distance. ref http www.uwyo.edu dbmcd molmark lect06 lect6.html Population Genetics IV Genetic distances biological vs. geometric approaches. ref These include Fixation index A commonly used measure of genetic distance is the fixation index which varies between 0 and 1 ... that two populations are different species. Nei s standard genetic distance This measure assumes that genetic differences arise due to mutations and genetic drift . ref cite journal last Nei et al. title SAMPLING VARIANCES OF HETEROZYGOSITY AND GENETIC DISTANCE url http www.genetics.org cgi content abstract 76 2 379 year 1973 ref Cavalli Sforza and Edwards 1967 This measure assumes that genetic differences arise due to genetic drift only. Reynolds, Weir, and Cockerham s 1983 This measure assumes that genetic differences arise due to genetic drift only. See also Human genetic variation Human ... more details
Genetic memory may refer to Genetic memory biology , present if the state of a biological system depends on its history in addition to present conditions Genetic memory psychology , a memory present at birth that exists in the absence of sensory experience Genetic memory computer science , an artificial neural network combination of genetic algorithm and the mathematical model of sparse distributed memory disambig ar es Memoria gen tica pl Pami genetyczna ... more details
about analysis of the linkage of trait biology traits due to the spatial arrangement of genes on the chromosome , an analysis which dates back to classical genetics Genetic linkage analysis of codons as defined through research on nucleic acids , which is often classed with reverse genetics Genetic code analysis of maternal inheritance related to mitochondrial DNA Mitochondrial DNA Mitochondrial inheritance medical, genealogy genealogical , legal and security applications of genetic research that are mainly directed at humans Genetic testing Genetic analysis can be used generally to describe methods both used in and resulting from the sciences of genetics and molecular biology , or to applied research applications resulting from this research. Genetic analysis may be done to identify genetic inherited disorders and also to make a differential diagnosis in certain somatic diseases such as cancer . Genetic analyses of cancer include detection of mutation s, fusion gene s, and DNA copy number changes. Genetic analyses include but are not limited to molecular technologies such as PCR , RT PCR , DNA sequencing , and DNA microarrays , and cytogenetics cytogenetic methods such as karyotyping and fluorescence in situ hybridisation . Category Genetics genetics stub ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Genetic representation is a way of representing solutions individuals in evolutionary computation methods. Genetic representation can encode appearance, behavior, physical qualities of individuals. Designing a good genetic representation that is expressive and evolvable is a hard problem in evolutionary computation. Difference in genetic representations is one of the major criteria drawing a line between known classes of evolutionary computation. Genetic algorithm s use linear binary representations. The most standard one is an array of bit s. Arrays of other types and structures can be used in essentially the same way. The main property that makes these genetic representations convenient is that their parts are easily aligned due to their fixed size. This facilitates simple crossover operation. Variable length representations were also explored in Genetic algorithm s, but crossover implementation is more complex in this case. Evolution strategy uses linear real valued representations, e.g. an array of real values. It uses mostly gaussian mutation and blending averaging crossover. Genetic programming GP pioneered tree like representations and developed genetic operator s suitable for such representations. Tree like representations are used in GP to represent and evolve functional programs with desired properties. ref http www.sover.net nichael nlc publications icga85 index.html Cramer, 1985 ref Human based genetic algorithm HBGA offers a way to avoid solving hard representation problems by outsourcing all genetic operators to outside agents, in this case, humans. The algorithm has no need for knowledge of a particular fixed genetic representation ... for free form and evolving genetic representations. Common genetic representations Genetic algorithm binary array binary tree genetic tree HBGA natural language parse tree References and notes reflist DEFAULTSORT Genetic Representation Category Evolutionary algorithms ... more details
Genetic gain is the amount of increase in performance that is achieved through artificial Genetic engineering genetic improvement programs. This is usually used to refer to the increase after one generation has passed. ref College of Agriculture, http www.ca.uky.edu agripedia glossary genegain.htm Genetic Gain University of Kentucky , accessed 2010 11 23 ref References Reflist colwidth 60em Category Biology Category Genetics Category Agriculture ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 In biology , a genetic program of a cell is a physiology physiological change brought about by a temporal pattern of Transcription genetics activation of a particular subset of gene s. DEFAULTSORT Genetic Program Category Genetics Genetics stub ... more details
unreferenced date March 2011 Genetic ablation is a method of modifying DNA in order to disrupt the production of a specific gene. As genetic ablation may lead to Cell ablation , it can be used as a synonymous term at appropriate times. Category Genetics experiments genetics stub ... more details
through Borrowing linguistics borrowing or by genetic descent, thus languages can change and are also able to cross relate. Genetic relationship linguisticsGenetic relatedness implies a common origin ... Swadesh list Geneticlinguistics Germanic philology Glottochronology Grammaticalisation Indo European ...linguistics Historical linguistics also called diachronic linguistics is the study of language change ... families comparative linguistics to develop general theories about how and why language changes to describe ... and development Modern historical linguistics dates from the late 18th century. It grew out of the earlier ... antiquity . At first, historical linguistics was comparative linguistics . Scholars were concerned ... many others. Comparative linguistics is now, however, only a part of a more broadly conceived discipline of historical linguistics. For the Indo European languages, comparative study is now a highly .... Evolution into other fields Initially, all modern linguistics was historical in orientation, even ... between synchronic analysis linguistics synchronic and diachronic linguistics is fundamental to the present day organization of the discipline. Primacy is accorded to synchronic linguistics, and diachronic linguistics is defined as the study of successive synchronic stages. Saussure s clear demarcation, however, is now seen to be idealised. In practice, a purely synchronic linguistics is not possible ... change in progress. The biological origin of language is in principle a concern of historical linguistics ... of historical linguistics, such as the comparative method . Less standard techniques, such as mass ..., but most linguists regard them as unreliable. The findings of historical linguistics are often used ... or Genetics genetic evidence. For example, there are numerous theories concerning ... of the archaeological record. Sub fields of study Comparative linguistics Comparative linguistics originally comparative philology is a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Genetic divergence is the process in which two or more populations of an ancestral species accumulate independent genetic changes mutations through time, often after the populations have become Reproductive isolation reproductively isolated for some period of time. In some cases, subpopulations living in ecology ecologically distinct peripheral environments can exhibit genetic divergence from the remainder of a population, especially where the range of a population is very large see parapatric speciation . The genetic differences among divergent populations can involve silent mutations that have no effect on the phenotype or give rise to significant Morphology biology morphological and or physiology physiological changes. Genetic divergence will always accompany reproductive isolation, either due to novel adaptation s via selection or due to genetic drift , and is the principal mechanism underlying speciation . Evolution DEFAULTSORT Genetic Divergence Category Evolutionary biology Category Genetics Genetics stub bg de Divergenz Biologie et Divergents bioloogia id Divergensi genetis ... more details
no footnotes date August 2010 Image wheat.gif right thumb Genetic variation , variation in allele s of gene s, occurs both within and among population s. Genetic variation is important because it provides the raw material for natural selection . Genetic variation is brought about by mutation, which is a change ... is a condition wherein organisms have three or more sets of genetic variation 3n or more . Among individuals within a population Genetic variation among individuals within a population can be identified at a variety of levels. It is possible to identify genetic variation from observations of phenotype ... . Genetic variation can also be identified by examining variation at the level of enzyme s using ... are less common in vertebrates. Ultimately, genetic variation is caused by variation in the order ... DNA which has identified even more genetic variation than was previously detected by protein electrophoresis. Examination of DNA has shown genetic variation in both coding regions and in the non coding intron region of genes. Genetic variation will result in phenotypic variation if variation in the order ... may be due to differences in selective pressures or to genetic drift . Measurement Genetic variation ... of genetic variation because they alter the order of bases in the nucleotides of DNA. Mutations ... alleles can be favored by natural selection. Genetic variation can also be produced by the recombination ... by transposable and transposed genetic elements, commonly known as endogenous retroviruses, LINEs, SINEs, etc. Maintenance in populations A variety of factors maintain genetic variation in populations ... common zygosity homozygous individuals . Natural selection can also maintain genetic variation in balanced ... is frequency dependent. See also Genetic diversity Human genetic variation References Reflist Further reading McGinley, Mark Lead Author J. Emmett Duffy Topic Editor . 2008. Genetic variation ... Genetic variation http books.google.com books?id gIGyZHHmK98C&pg PA7 Genetic Variation in Griffiths ... more details
Genetic correlation is the proportion of variance that two traits share due to gene tic causes. ref Neale, M. C., & Maes, H. H. 1996 . Methodology for genetics studies of twins and families 6th ed. . Dordrecht, The Netherlands Kluwer. ref Outside the theoretical boundary case of traits with zero heritability , the genetic correlation of traits is independent of their heritability i.e., two traits can have a very high genetic correlation even when the heritability of each is low and vice versa. The genetic correlation, then, tells us how much of the genetic influence on two traits is common to both if it is above zero, this suggests that the two traits are influenced by common genes . This can be an important constraint on conceptualizations of the two traits traits which seem different phenotypically but which share a common genetic basis require an explanation for how these genes can influence both traits. Computing the genetic correlation Estimates of a genetic correlation obviously require a genetically informative sample, such as a twin study . Given a genetic covariance matrix, the genetic correlation is computed by standardizing this, i.e., by converting the covariance matrix ... genetic variance covariance matrix table border 0 cellspacing 5 cellpadding 5 tr td td td Height ... Then the genetic correlation is .55, as seen is the standardized matrix below table border 0 cellspacing ... are used to calculate both the genetic covariance matrix and its standardized form. In R programming language R , cov2cor will standardize the matrix. Typically, published reports will provide genetic ... for computing the genetic covariance the variance within the genetic covariance matrix is lost because of the standardizing process , so you cannot readily estimate the genetic correlation of two traits ..., allow the viewer to see shared genetic effects as opposed to the genetic correlation by following .... See also Quantitative genetics Heritability References references DEFAULTSORT Genetic Correlation ... more details
Image GAcolor3002cm.jpg 200px thumb Genetic Alliance official logo newsrelease date March 2011 Genetic Alliance is the world s leading Non profit organization nonprofit health advocacy organization committed to improving health through the authentic engagement of communities and individuals. The organization was founded by Joan O. Weiss, a social work er, working with Victor A. McKusick , in 1986 four years before the Human Genome Project was launched. The Genetic Alliance network includes all Stakeholder corporate stakeholder s in the genetics and health community, including disease specific organizations, healthcare providers, professional societies, industry groups, academic institutions, researchers, policymakers, and consumers. President and Chief Executive Officer Sharon Terry leads the Genetic Alliance staff, Council, and network on an innovative journey of novel partnerships, connected consumers, and smart services. Biobank Genetic Alliance manages a biobank . ref http www.biobank.org ref fact date November 2011 References reflist External links http www.geneticalliance.org Genetic Alliance Home Page http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov sites ga Genetic Alliance Resources hosted by NCBI http www.biobank.org GA s biobank http www.youtube.com watch?v U0ES0yDWryM video on Genetic Alliance s biobank http www.geneticalliance.org Category Medical and health organizations by medical condition Category Biobank organizations ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2008 Expert subject Genetics date April 2008 A genetic isolate is population of organisms that has little genetic mixing with other organisms within the same species. This may result in speciation , but this is not necessarily the case. Genetic isolates may form new species in several ways allopatric speciation , in which two populations of the same species are geographically isolated from one another by an extrinsic barrier, and evolve intrinsic genetic reproductive isolation peripatric speciation , in which a small group of a population is separated from the main population, and experiences genetic drift parapatric speciation , in which zones of two diverging populations are separate, but do overlap somewhat partial separation is afforded by geography, so individuals of each species may come in contact from time to time, but selection for specific behaviours or mechanisms may prevent breeding between the two groups. sympatric speciation , a contentious method of speciation in which species diverge while inhabiting the same place. Human influences on genetic isolates include restricted Dog breeding breeding of dogs , or a community living secluded away from others such as Tristan da Cunha or Pitcairn Islands . A far larger and less secluded human genetic isolate is the ethnic Finns , natives of Finland see Finnish disease heritage . See also Language isolate Linkage disequilibrium DEFAULTSORT Genetic Isolate Category Speciation ... more details
Genetic structure refers to any pattern in the genetics genetic makeup of individuals within a population. In the absence of genetic structure, one can infer little to nothing about the genetic makeup of an individual by studying other members of the population. When genetic structure is present, on the other hand, much can be inferred. In trivial terms, all populations have genetic structure, because all populations can be characterised by their genotype or allele frequencies if only 1 of a large sample of moths drawn from a single population have spotted wings, then it is safe to assume that any unknown individual is unlikely to have spotted wings. A more complicated example arises in dense thicket s of plants, where plants tend to be pollination pollinated by near neighbours, and seed s tend to fall and germination germinate near the maternal plant. In such a scenario, plants tend to be more closely related to nearby plants than they are to distant plants and yet they are more likely to breed with nearby plants than they are with distant plants. Thus an inbreeding cycle is created that perpetuates the pattern of plants being closely related to near neighbours. This is a form of genetic structure because one can infer much about the genetic makeup of any individual plant simply by studying plants in its immediately neighbourhood. Category Genetics genetics stub Unreferenced date March 2010 ... more details
Contact, Creolization and GeneticLinguistics. University of California Press. Berkely. State of the Art The first monograph in sociohistorical linguistics was published by Suzanne Romaine in 1982. The field has become established in linguistics in the 1990s. Since 2000 there has also been an internet journal Historical Sociolinguistics and Sociohistorical Linguistics . ref Nevalainen Raumolin ...Sociohistorical linguistics , or historical sociolinguistics , is the study of the relationship between ... linguistics is a relatively new field of linguistic research which represents a merger of two distinct sub disciplines of linguistics sociolinguistics and historical linguistics historical or diachronic linguistics . Researchers in this field use sociolinguistic methods to explain historical change .... One of the seminal works in the field is Romaine 1982 s Socio Historical Linguistics . Other ... argue that it is exceedingly difficult to do socio historical linguistics, and that the results .... For those who question the validity of socio historical linguistics, it is a field of conjecture rather than solid conclusions. Those arguing for the validity of socio historical linguistics ... well suited to socio historical research. See also Historical linguistics Sociolinguistics ... Linguistics Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England. Longman. London. Romaine, Suzanne. 1982. Socio Historical Linguistics its Status and Methodology. Cambridge University Press. New York ... of oral language, sociohistorical linguistics has to rely exclusively on written corpora. External links http www.let.leidenuniv.nl hsl shl index.html Historical Sociolinguistics and Sociohistorical Linguistics ... Historical Linguistics , Stuttgart Klett. Nevalainen, Terttu Raumolin Brunberg, Helena eds ... , Amsterdam Rodopi. Romaine, Suzanne 1982 , Socio Historical Linguistics Its Status and Methodology ... references DEFAULTSORT Sociohistorical Linguistics Category Historical linguistics Category Sociolinguistics ... more details
Genetic testing also called DNA based tests is among the newest and most sophisticated of techniques ... Gene Testing ref used to test for genetic disorders which involves direct examination of the DNA molecule itself. Other genetic tests include biochemical tests for such gene products as enzyme s and other protein s and for microscopic examination of stained or fluorescent chromosomes. Genetic ... to be expressed preimplantation genetic diagnosis see the side bar, Screening Embryos for Disease prenatal diagnosis prenatal diagnostic testing newborn screening Genealogical DNA test for genetic ... s disease confirmational diagnosis of a symptomatic individual forensic identity testing Genetic testing allows the Genetics genetic medical diagnosis diagnosis of vulnerabilities to inherited diseases , and can also be used to determine a child s paternity genetic father or a person s ancestry .... In addition to studying chromosomes to the level of individual genes, genetic testing in a broader sense includes biochemical tests for the possible presence of genetic diseases, or mutant forms of genes associated with increased risk of developing genetic disorders. Genetic testing identifies changes ... genetictesting title What is genetic testing? Genetics Home Reference publisher Ghr.nlm.nih.gov date ... with inherited disorders. The results of a genetic test can confirm or rule out a suspected genetic condition or help determine a person s chance of developing or passing on a genetic disorder . Several hundred genetic tests are currently in use, and more are being developed. ref cite web url http www.nlm.nih.gov medlineplus genetictesting.html title Genetic Testing MedlinePlus publisher ... health info public unit3 DefinitionsGeneticTesting 3rdDraf18Jan07.xhtml title Definitions of Genetic Testing accessdate 2008 08 10 work Definitions of Genetic Testing Jorge Sequeiros and B rbara Guimar es ... bot H3llBot ref Since genetic testing may open up ethical or psychological problems, genetic testing ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 A genetic equilibrium is at hand for an allele in a gene pool when the gene frequency frequency of that allele is not changing i.e. when it is not evolving . For this to be the case, evolutionary forces acting upon the allele must be equal and opposite. The only basic requirement is that the population be large enough that the effects of genetic drift are minimized. For more see heterozygote advantage , fixation , mutation selection balance , negative frequency dependent selection . There may be inbreeding as this reduces heterozygosity but does not cause evolution. No gene mutations Large population size Limited to no immigration, emigration, or migration genetic flow Gene of interest has no effect on survival reproduction, and there is no natural selection Mating is random panmixis See also Hardy Weinberg equilibrium . DEFAULTSORT Genetic Equilibrium Category Population genetics Genetics stub Evolution stub ... more details
Merge from Genism discuss Talk Genetic discrimination Merger proposal date January 2011 essay like date October 2011 Discrimination sidebar Genetic discrimination occurs when people are treated differently ... the risk of an Genetic disorder inherited disorder . People who undergo genetic testing may be at risk for genetic discrimination. The results of a genetic test are normally included in a person s medical ..., genetic test results could affect a person s insurance coverage or employment. People making decisions about genetic testing should be aware that when test results are placed in their medical ... genetic testing . Several countries have laws that help protect people against genetic discrimination however, genetic testing is a fast growing field and these laws don t cover every situation. Public concern against discrimination The term genetic discrimination was first coined by the Council ... ELSI Working Group of the Human Genome Project issued a report titled Genetic Information and Health ... agencies in preventing genetic discrimination in health insurance. Further, the ELSI Working Group and NAPBC recommended that health insurers be prohibited from using genetic information or an individual s request for genetic services to deny or limit health insurance coverage, establish differential rates or have access to an individual s genetic information without that individual s written ... Working Group, cosponsored a series of workshops in the mid 1990s on genetic discrimination in health ... in Science Genetic Information and the Workplace Legislative Approaches and Policy Challenges .... In 1993, the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine IOM Committee on Assessing Genetic ... on the basis of information obtained through genetic testing ref name brant139 cite journal last Brant Rauf first P.W. coauthors Brant Rauf, S.I. title Genetic testing in the workplace Ethical, legal ... . By 1996, the Council for Responsible Genetics had identified over 200 cases of genetic discrimination ... more details
Genetic association is the occurrence, more often than can be readily explained by chance, of two or more traits in a population of individuals, of which at least one trait is known to be genetic. Studies of genetic association aim to test whether single locus alleles or genotype frequencies or more ... subjects and healthy controls . Genetic association studies are based on the principle that genotypes can be compared directly , i.e. with the sequences of the actual genome s. What is genetic association? Genetic association can be between phenotypes, such as visible characteristics such as flower colour or height, between a phenotype and a genetic polymorphism, such as a single nucleotide polymorphism SNP , or between two genetic polymorphisms. Association between genetic polymorphisms occurs ... this is known as genetic linkage . Linkage disequilibrium LD is a term used in the study of population ... other. LD describes a situation in which some combinations of alleles or genetic markers occur ... from alleles based on their frequencies. Genetic association studies are performed to determine whether a genetic variant is associated with a disease or trait if association is present, a particular .... In genetic case control studies, the frequency of alleles or genotypes is compared between the cases ... test between the two groups indicates that the genetic marker may increase risk of the disease or likelihood ... disequilibrium test TDT and haploid relative risk HRR . Both measure association of genetic ... programs of association analysis There are many computer packages for analyzing genetic association .... See also Genetic epidemiology Genetic linkage Linkage disequilibrium Personality genetics ... genetics.org soft A list of computer programs for genetic analysis including genetic association ... for population and family based genetic association analysis http www.gwascentral.org GWAS Central a central database of summary level genetic association findings References Paul I Wde Bakker, Roman ... more details
Orphan date September 2008 Genetic exceptionalism is the belief that genetic information is special and must therefore be treated differently from other types of medical information. For example, patients are able to obtain information about their blood pressure without involving any medical professionals, but obtaining information about their genetic profile might require an order from a physician and expensive counseling sessions. Disclosure of an individual s genetic information or its meaning for example, telling a woman with red hair that she has a higher risk of skin cancer has been legally restricted in some places as providing medical advice . ref Ray, Turna. 18 August 2010. http www.genomeweb.com dxpgx uc berkeley halts genetic testing program touts opportunity ethical debate UC Berkeley Halts Genetic Testing Program, but Touts Opportunity for Ethical Debate Pharmacogenomics Reporter . ref This policy approach has been taken by state legislatures to safeguard individuals genetic information in the United States from the individuals, their families, their employers, and the government. The approach builds upon the existing protection required of general health information provided by such regulations as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA . See also HIV exceptionalism , similar rules for HIV AIDS testing References reflist External links http www.ncsl.org programs health genetics prt.htm State Genetic Summary Table on Privacy Laws DEFAULTSORT Genetic Exceptionalism Category Healthcare policy in the United States Category Privacy Category Data privacy Category Genetics ... more details