perintötekijöistä
Perintötekijät, commonly referred to as genes, are the fundamental units of heredity. They are segments of DNA that carry the instructions for building and maintaining an organism. Each perintötekijä contains the code for a specific trait, such as eye color, height, or susceptibility to certain diseases. Humans have tens of thousands of perintötekijöitä, inherited from their parents.
These perintötekijät are organized into structures called chromosomes. Most humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, with
The study of perintötekijöitä is called genetics. It explores how these units are passed down through generations,