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1  There are reported cases of husbands abandoning wives because of the skin color of a new infant. In some cases, the couple with dark complexions produced an infant with a very light complexion. Assuming no infidelity, as a mediator, how would you explain this to the disturbed husband? Your response should include the words gene, polygenic, trait, generation, and genotype.

2 You are a genetic counselor. You are presented with a couple who were just informed that they are carriers of the sickle cell trait. You must tell them their chances of having a baby born with sickle cell disease. Use a Punnett square. What will you tell them? You must show your square in your response. Use the terms dominant, recessive, probability, trait, genotype, and phenotype in your response.

3 What is epigenetics? Discuss a specific example.

4Review the process of meiosis. Choose two specific diseases that occur when meiosis goes wrong and explain how and why these occur.

For this assignment, reflect on what you have learned about public administration so far and incorporate that knowledge with what you have read this week. You will use these results to prepare an elevator speech for your interview for the position of Director of Personnel Administration for Public Organization X. An elevator speech is concise, focusing on the most important aspects of the results of a conversation. Here, that conversation is your interview.

Assume you are now in your hypothetical interview for the position of Director of Personnel Administration for Public Organization X. The interview question is prompt. Reflect on the following statement and construct a winning elevator speech based on your combined knowledge from previous courses and the current weeks readings.

Prompt: The job of a public personnel administrator is to manage human capital within the organization.