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Whirls of Distinction

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When one says “oh it is in my genes,” this is the generalization of gene inheritance. In high school biology class, you may have experimented with recessive and dominant genes, and learned combinations for certain features. If you are a female, like me, you may have even gone as far as planning what type of genes you were looking for in the man to be the father of your child/ren! In Archer’s case, the long, curly eyelashes came from my dominant genes and thankfully he got his dad’s toes, however his genes had a few hiccups of their own, considered to be variants of unknown significance . Think back again to biology class, the parts of the organisms, maybe even the songs you made up to pass the tests, specifically the spiral like structures with “arms” housing the DNA, this is where Archer has a duplication and a couple of deletions. Three of his genes have “arms” either with extra material or lacking codes to complete the sequence. Long story short, the exact location of variance