OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
GENETICS
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Your weight
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Your bone structure
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Your personality
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Your intelligence
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Detailed explanation-1: -Genetics is the study of heredity, the process of a parent passing certain genes to their children. A person’s appearance–height, hair color, skin color, and eye color–is determined by genes. Other characteristics affected by heredity are: Likelihood of getting certain diseases.
Detailed explanation-2: -Data from twin studies suggest that BMD at a number of skeletal sites has a strong genetic component and it is estimated that about 60–80% of peak bone mass is determined genetically.
Detailed explanation-3: -Phenotype Phenotype refers to an individual’s observable traits, such as height, eye color and blood type. A person’s phenotype is determined by both their genomic makeup (genotype) and environmental factors.