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9 Months That Made You
Epigenetics: How Does the Environment Affect Genes?
Lal and Freddie have similar lifestyles, but their mothers had different diets. That may have programmed their metabolisms long before they were born.
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See how your time inside the womb has determined your destiny on the outside.
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Learn how you became the unique individual you are.
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Follow the story of how, from one egg, you took on unmistakably human form in the womb.