Your 10-year-old nephew hears you talking about genes and says, ‘My favorite jeans are Levi’s”. Explain genes to him in a way he could understand.
Genes are hereditary units, biologically stored pieces of information that determine which traits you will get from either or both of your parents. They are of very small size and are stored within the human body. Genes determine multiple traits of a person, but the ones related to their appearance...