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Where Did You Get Those Genes?
Learn about how our parents' genes affect what we look like, and why we all look a little different.

Objectives:

Demonstrate how genes are transmitted from parent to child
Identify genes and chromosomes
Understand the terms dominant, recessive, homozygous, and heterozygous

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