5 The basic code
Jan 29, 2019
3 minutes
by Anne Wojcicki
I was five years old when I first learned about DNA. My mother was talking to my sister about her ‘genes’. I was confused. She was wearing shorts, not jeans. But as soon as our mother explained that the genes you inherit have the same basic code, how all of earth’s living creatures are built from the same chemical foundation, I was hooked.
Forty years later, I still find DNA to be
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