gene

Have you ever wondered why you look like your parents, grandparents, or siblings? It's because of your genes—the instructions for making you. Genes are sections of DNA, which is found in every cell in your body. You inherited half your genes from your mother and half from your father. Your parents got their genes from your grandparents. And so on. . .

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