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Chapter 1 ALL IN THE GENES have your mother’s green eyes Your chin comes from your father You You You must get your musical ability from your parents People have always noticed traits or characteristics that are similar between parents and their kids Some of these traits such as eye color and a dimpled chin can be easily seen Other traits like blood type and personality cannot be seen 4
Scientists who study genetics are called geneticists Parents pass down traits to their offspring or young The offspring have these inherited traits for the rest of their lives Genetics is the branch of science that studies how traits are passed along To understand how genetics works look inside a cell All living things are made of tiny cells such as skin cells nerve cells and blood cells 5
