The genome sequence of a fetus can be inferred from the relative numbers of variants of DNA sequences in a pregnant woman's blood. This advance in non-invasive diagnostics comes with some ramifications. See Article p.320
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Bianchi, D. Fetal genes in mother's blood. Nature 487, 304–305 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/487304a
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