Risk Outcome of Heritable Disease Report
Addresses Course Outcomes 2 and 4:

2. recognize that genes are associated with physical and behavioral traits, and that these associations can be established and studied using the tools of molecular biology

4. recognize the commonalities underlying human genetic disease and identify the most prevalent types of human genetic illness in order to use the specific avenues for the screening, counseling, risk management, and treatment of genetic diseases

You are expected to select a human genetic disease or disorder that is known to be heritable (a disorder that can be accounted for partially by genetic variation, but also by some other factor, including polygenic factors and/or environmental factors). Once you select the heritable trait, you should spend time explaining the manifestations and prognosis of the disorder. Finally, you should then provide a summary of research devoted to risk outcome for the disorder. That is, what is the risk of full-blown manifestations of the disease trait under various environmental or physiological conditions? For example, a person who suffers from alcoholism can avoid the full manifestations of the disease by avoiding environments where alcoholic beverages are readily available. Your paper should be three pages long, double spaced, and should include the items discussed above, along with a separate bibliography section detailing all text and online references used to construct the report.