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how does our DNA relate to our personality and appearance?

  • Written by: Samantha Lee, Adjunct Research Fellow, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia
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How does our DNA relate to our personality and appearance? — Emma, age 9, Sydney

how does our DNA relate to our personality and appearance?

Hi Emma. Thank you for this great question!

Our body is made up of trillions of cells, each of which has a nucleus that holds our DNA.

Human cell diagramOur DNA is contained within the nucleus in each cell in our body, much too small for our eyes to see!Shutterstock

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