Assignment – What genetic diseases or problems

Assignment you will think about your individual health and health risks. Whatgenetic diseases or problems might you face during your lifetime? Predisposition toheart disease, breast cancer, diabetes? You may consider your own health risks orthose of other individuals such as a family member or friend. Then, in a paper of 750–1,000 words, address the following issues: What genetic diseases or problems were determined to be potentialissues? Provide an introduction of the disease, outlining the major signs/symptomsof the disorder and the reason why this was selected as a genetic/inheriteddisease? Research the mode of inheritance for this disease/trait? Why? If you arenot able to find a specific mode of inheritance, provide a hypothesis for themode of inheritance. Explain your thinking here very thoroughly; this shouldtake up about half of the length of the Assignment. What other information would help you draw better conclusions about thisdisease? What problems did you encounter in gathering information about yourfamily’s history or that of the person you interviewed? If you were to have a child, what could you tell him or her about his/herchances of inheriting the diseases based upon your research about theinheritability of the trait you are researching?Finally, visit the KU library by clicking on the “Library” link on the KU Campushomepage. Select the option to perform an advanced search. Find two references thatpertain to the disease/trait you selected. Record the methods that you used to discoverthese sources, and answer the following questions: Which search term(s) did you use? Did you use combinations of search terms? Which methods resulted in the most “hits” or results? Did you refine any of your searches? In other words, did you perform aninitial search and then further narrow the results?Also, briefly explain whether the references support or contradict your previousconclusions. When you are ready to submit your Assignment, click on the Dropbox and complete thesteps below: Click the link that says Submit an Assignment. In the “Submit to Basket” menu, select Unit 9: Assignment In the “Comments” field, include at least the title of your paper. Click the Add Attachments button. Follow the steps listed to attach your Word document. To view your graded work, come back to the Dropbox or go to theGradebook after your instructor has evaluated it. Click the Dropbox to access it. Make sure that you save a copy of your submitted Assignment.