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Fast Facts
- It's estimated there are 20,000-25,000 genes in the human genome
- Gregor Mendel is known as the Father of Genetics
- If you stretched out the DNA in just one of your cells, it would be about 2 yards long
- In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick were the first to describe the double-helix structure of DNA
- Humans have 46 Chromosones, Fruit flies have 8, and Mice have 40
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Glossary
- Nucleotides: Organic molecules that make up DNA, RNA as well as many other complex compounds found in cells.
- DNA: A chain of nucleic acid that stores encoded genetic information via strings of nucleotides (Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine)
- Chromosome: A standardized structure of DNA molecules
- Gene: A small inheritable portion of a genomic sequence
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@leish_NZ its cuz i force myself to be pale. if i go outside its tan for me damn blackfoot genetics you know ive never had a sunburn haha
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@9lives2 that instrument when played speaks to my soul. My Scottish genetics reverberate.
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@LisaWhitefern there is no good evidence that it's vaccines. I asked for no mercury and spread out and still...genetics won out.
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Understanding Genetics: Human Health and the Genome http://tinyurl.com/ybu5le2
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