Health Matters (07); Genes and Genetics
Assalam o Alaikum,
How are you all my friends? I hope all are fine.I am @isha-rehman from pakistan.Today the contest was related to our body and it is very important for us.The contest topic is Genes and Genetics and this intresting contest was hosted by Healthy Steem i am very thank full to @sahmie for organized this contest.
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What makes you unique, like having your mom's eyes or your dad's smile?
What makes me unique is from the combination of my parents traits and my own individuality. I have a got my moms sharp focus which can helps me stay on a track and my dad s lightheartedness that can brings laughter to even tough the moments.
Physically I did not get their specific features but I did the inherit a love for a learning from my mom and a knack for a problem that solving from my dad. These are the qualities that shape how I approach life and blending the best of both the worlds with my own experiences and a choices. It is this mix that makes me a truly one of a kind.
Why do some diseases run in families, like diabetes or heart conditions?
Some diseases like a heart conditions that run in families because they can be passed down through the genes. If a parent has a certain genes that affect the heart health there is a higher chance their children that might inherit those genes that is making them more likely to a develop heart problems.
Family have different lifestyle habits like a diet and exercise also play a role. If a family shares the unhealthy habits such as the poor eating or lack of an physical activity it can be increase the risk of heart conditions. So the genetics and lifestyle both are contribute to why some heart conditions are the common in families.
How do genes decide things like hair color, eye color, or even how tall you'll be?
Genes carry the instructions that decide to traits like hair color or eye color and the height. You can inherit these genes from your parents half from each. For example if one of parent has brown eyes and the other has a blue and that your genes will be determine which color you get to often based on which a trait is stronger or that is dominant.
The same happens with the hair color. Height is influenced by the multiple genes along with a factors like an nutrition. These genes work together like a recipe and shaping how you look and how tall you can grow that making each person a unique combination of their parents traits.
Have you heard about DNA testing? how can it reveal your ancestry or health risks?
Yes a DNA testing is a process that is analyzes your genetic code to reveal the information about your ancestry and the potential health risks. By looking at your DNA scientists can be compare it to the genetic patterns from a different regions of the world that helping to trace your family roots.
It can show which the ethnic groups you are connected to and where your ancestors have came from. For a health DNA testing can be identify genes linked to the certain diseases like the cancer and heart conditions. Knowing these risks can be help you to take steps to prevent or to manage the possible health problems that is early on.
I am inviting my friends,
@theking20, @udybrown and @helengutier2.