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What Does Genetics Mean?

Genetics

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"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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