"Genetic discrimination is defined as discrimination against an individual or against members of that individual’s family solely because of real or perceived differences from the normal genome of that individual." Paul R. Billings, Mel A. Kohn, Margaret de Cuevas, Jonathan Beckwith, Joseph S. Alper, and Marvin R. Natowicz, "Discrimination as a Consequence of Genetic Testing," American Journal of Human Genetics, 50 (1992) 481.

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