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2. Task
Troublesome Creek has been isolated for hundreds of years. Now, retirees from the big cities have found the beautiful mountain countryside as a perfect site to build retirement and vacation homes.

The new residents of the area are naturally curious about the odd [|phenotype] of many of Troublesome Creek's native residents. The natives have become uncomfortable with the increased scrutiny and have asked the Kentucky Health Department for help. Rather than send more outsiders to the region, the health department recruited local science teachers to help them. After a summer of training, they assembled research teams where members have assumed roles to more fully understand the condition. Each team includes:

asking insensitive questions.
 * a genetic counselor to help the native residents deal with nosy outsiders


 * a geneticist to understand the classical genetics of the condition.

body.
 * a physiologist to explain the biochemical [|anomoly] and its effects of the

DNA fingerprinting tests.
 * a molecular biologist to examine the nature of the genes involved and run

The team is ready to meet and and coordinate its findings. Using your notes from your group discussions, labs and other activities, your team will create a visual presentation describing the condition.