tyrane chapter 1 question

1. What is wrong with Martin? Martin is an albino.

2. Do you think that Martin should have genetic treatment (if it were possible) to correct his problem? Why or why not? I think that he should get the genetic treatment because he might make not get sick. He do not need the treatment because he was born with albino it's not like it's a cure. The kids just half to accept him the way he is. His mother just needs to stop worrying so much about a treatment.

3. Do you think Martin should avoid having children in order to not pass along his condition? Why or why not? I think if he can he should so people shouldn't have to go through what he went through we he was a child.

4. What is the difference between ethical, legal, and social issues? Ethics is a moral system and what you think is right or wrong. Legal issues have to do with it being part of the law and it has to be done. Social issues have to deal with society and fitting in with everyone else or just trying to be you.

5. Chapter Vocabulary (Define these words) 

Albino- A group of inherited disorders characterized by little or no melanin production.

Genetics- is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms. It is generally considered a field of biology, but it intersects frequently with many of the life sciences and is strongly linked with the study of information systems.

Pigment- is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength-selective absorption.

Gene-  is a locus (or region) of DNA that encodes a functional RNA or protein product, and is the molecular unit of heredity.