genes…

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genes, the basic units of heredity, a gene, short piece of dna, tells the body how to build a specific protein, approximately 30,000 genes, combination, of all genes makes up the blueprint, plan, the human body, its functions, a person's genetic makeup, a genotype, genes sit on strands of dna, beads on a string, dna strands make up the chromosomes, chromosomes, matching pairs of one copy of a specific gene, gene occurs, in the same position on each chromosome, in females, one chromosome gets its gene, mother, matching chromosome has the gene, father, in males, a single x chromosome comes, mother, a non-matching y chromosome comes, father, genetic traits, eye color, dominant, recessive, dominant traits, controlled by one gene, in the pair, recessive traits, require both genes, in the gene pair to work together to control the trait, related topics, autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, genetic counseling, prenatal diagnosis, sex-linked dominant, sex-linked recessive, many personal characteristics, height, determined by more than one gene, sickle cell anemia, a change, single gene, detailed information, heredity, disease.