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The Weirdness of Inheritance

Inheriting DNA cells can be weirder than you think. Chemical switches attached to DNA turn genes on and off or up and down, telling the machinery which proteins to produce and in what quantities. These swithces, called epigenetic tags, make for some very strange DNA passed down from our ancestors. Emily Elert explains in this fascinating edition of Minute Earth.

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