For intended parents who are expecting a healthy baby in coming months, it is important to get the genetic mapping done to ensure good health and reduce the chances of passing any genetic diseases to them. Genetic Mapping – A Short Intro Genetic mapping or linkage mapping is all about offering firm evidence that a diseases transmitted from parent to child is linked to one or more genes. Mapping is the best and easiest way that provides clues about which chromosomes include the gene and where they lie on the chromosomes. This medical procedure of testing has been used successfully to find the gene that is responsible for relatively rare, single-gene inherited disorders that include, but not limited to cystic fibrosis, Duchene Muscular dystrophy and a lot more. They are useful in guiding scientists to the many genes that are believed to play a main role in beginning and development of more common disorders that include heart diseases, diabetes, asthm...