![]() ![]() It is the parts list and instruction manual for life and can make a complete you from scratch. English uses 26 letters. Your genome uses 4 chemicals (Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine) and forms words that are 3 letters long. Each word codes for a building block of a protein. The word TGA means stop and finishes a sentence. Each sentence in your genome is called a gene and codes for a protein. Proteins make us alive so that you can watch this film. You breathe, you move, you think because many proteins are working very hard. Your genome has billions of letters with 20,000 sentences coding for 20,000+ proteins. 2% of the genome codes for building proteins. ![]() Genome is a fancy word for all your DNA.30% regulates when to build these proteins. ![]() For example, the normal hemoglobin gene contains the word GAG. The way you live can influence how the genome works. Some genes increase the risk of adult diabetes.With a single letter, error hemoglobin folds differently causing sickle cell anemia. However, with diet and exercise, you can overcome the genome and prevent diabetes. DNA has two complementary strands: A always matches T and G always matches C.Being a couch potato does not help your genome. ![]()
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