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Genetics & Epigenetics

How your genes work, vary, and shape health — and how epigenetics lets your environment and lifestyle change which genes are expressed.

8 lessons·~2h·⭐ 1,490 XP·🏆 Certificate on completion
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Module 1 — The Genetic Code

How DNA is structured, read, and varies between people.

  1. 1
    DNA, Genes & the Central Dogma
    From the double helix to proteins
    16 min
    ⭐ 190
  2. 2
    Genetic Variation & Heritability
    Why we differ, and what heritability really means
    15 min
    ⭐ 185
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Module 2 — Genes & Your Health

How genes shape risk, and what DNA tests can tell you.

  1. 1
    Genes, Risk & Disease
    Why genes are usually risk, not destiny
    15 min
    ⭐ 185
  2. 2
    Personal Genomics & DNA Testing
    What consumer tests can and can't tell you
    15 min
    ⭐ 180
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Module 3 — Epigenetics

The control layer on top of the genome, and how it's set.

  1. 1
    Epigenetics: Beyond the Sequence
    The software running on the DNA hardware
    16 min
    ⭐ 190
  2. 2
    Epigenetic Programming & Inheritance
    Early-life programming and the inheritance debate
    15 min
    ⭐ 185
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Module 4 — Genes, Environment & Aging

How genes and lifestyle interact, and the epigenetics of aging.

  1. 1
    Nature via Nurture
    Gene-environment interaction
    15 min
    ⭐ 185
  2. 2
    The Epigenetics of Aging
    Drift, clocks, and reprogramming
    16 min
    ⭐ 190