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What Does Genetics Mean?

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Genetics

Say: juh-NEH-tiks

"Genetics" refers to the study of how physical traits and characteristics pass from one generation to the next. This is also called heredity. Genetics includes the study of genes, which have a special code called DNA that determines what you will look like and whether you are more likely to have some kinds of illnesses.

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