in the genes

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It's not clear what causes PMDD, but it's been linked to being very sensitive to changes in hormones, or certain differences in the genes you inherit from your parents.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2024

So, how can the beneficial traits, encoded in the genes of hybrid plants, be transferred to the next generation?

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

Both sickle cell disease and thalassemia are caused by mistakes in the genes that carry hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carry oxygen.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023

When you start asking questions about why we have five fingers, or why our eyes are spherical, you realize that the answer does not lie in the genes.

From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2023

Mutations in the genes thus result in malformed, ectopic segments and organs.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee