Did You Know?

Humans have about 20,000 genes!

What Genes Do

Genes help make you look like you.

Where Genes Come From

You get genes from your parents.

What gene Does

Genes help make your body parts.

They can change how you look.

Genes can affect how you think.

Some genes can help you stay healthy.

Other genes can make you sick.

Genes are part of life for all.

More About gene

Genes were first found by a man named Mendel. He studied plants and saw how they changed. This helped us learn about genes. Now, we know a lot more about them.

Genes are in every living thing. They help us grow and change. They are why you have brown hair or blue eyes. Genes are very important for life.

In the future, we may learn even more. Scientists want to help people with sick genes. They hope to fix them and make people well.

How Topics Connect

graph TD A["Gene"] --> B["Mendelian Gene"] A["Gene"] --> C["Molecular Gene"] C["Molecular Gene"] --> D["Protein-Coding Genes"] C["Molecular Gene"] --> E["Non-Coding Genes"] D["Protein-Coding Genes"] --> F["Gene Expression"] F["Gene Expression"] --> G["DNA to RNA"] G["DNA to RNA"] --> H["RNA to Protein"]

What Do These Words Mean?

gene:A part of DNA that carries information for traits.
heredity:The passing of traits from parents to children.
nucleotides:The building blocks of DNA and RNA.
transcribed:Copied from DNA to make RNA.
gene expression:The process of using a gene to make RNA or protein.