Tutor profile: Michael S.

How does racial disparity affect future generations of people of color?

Racial disparity which is pervasive in our health care system, leads to generation inequality in health care, nutrition, and basic needs of a family or individual. This can lead to ongoing poverty, poor health, and unequal access to the basic rights of the individual.

Maternal depression is a common issue with new mothers. How would maternal depression affect her newborn infant?

Maternal depression can adversely affect maternal bonding and infant develpment. Without a mentally healthy mother, the infant may lag behind in development of milestones, and social skill acquisition

Can you explain the nature of autosomive recessive gene expression and how that would allow manifestation of a disease

Autosomal recessive inheritance requires that each parent carry at least one allele of the disease. For an offspring to inherit the disease , each parent must pass the recessive allele to that offspring to allow expressive of an autosomal recessive disease