09 Nov Genetic Counseling Presentation Imagine you are a genetics counselor working with couples who are expecting children. You have been asked to give a PowerPoint presentation about commonly in
Genetic Counseling Presentation
Imagine you are a genetics counselor working with couples who are expecting children. You have been asked to give a PowerPoint presentation about commonly inherited diseases and their patterns of inheritance. Choose one disease from one of the categories (X-linked, autosomal, recessive, autosomal dominant, or chromosomal number change) from Chapter 10. Give a brief overview of the disease, illustrate, and explain the pattern of inheritance. Share the role of parents in inheritance.
Provide 6-8 slides, including a title slide and a reference slide, for your presentation.
Follow this example PDF template or use this PowerPoint template.
*ABSOLUTELY NO PLAGIARISM, AND PLEASE SEE ATTACHED POWERPOINT TEMPLATE*
Title
Your First and Last Name
GS102
Today’s Date
Name of the disease
Explain the genetically inherited disease
Signs and Symptoms
Explain the evidence (signs and symptoms) that the child has this disease.
Inheritance and Transmission
How did the child get the disease or what is the pattern of inheritance? What are the chances of this occurring in a family?
Prognosis
What do parents need to know about how the disease as the child child grows?
Any additional information
Include any additional valuable information that you want share
References
Starr, C., Evers, C. A., & Starr, L. (2016). Biology: Today & tomorrow without physiology. Australia: Cengage Learning.
