You know that all of a person's genetic information is contained on very long pieces of DNA called Chromosomes.

你知道，一个人所有的遗传信息都包含在一个叫做染色体的长 DNA 片段上。

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The placenta and tissue covering it ( called chorionic villi) are made up of the same genetic material as your baby and can provide important information about birth defects.

胎盘和覆盖它的组织（称作绒毛膜）跟你的身体是同一种遗传物质组成的，它们可以提供重要的关于先天缺陷的信息。

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Anne Wojcicki, the new wife of Google cofounder Sergey Brin, has founded a company called 23andMe to help people interpret their genetic information.

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Anne Wojcicki, the new wife of Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) cofounder Sergey Brin, has founded a company called 23andMe to help people interpret their genetic information.

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When a cell translates a gene into a protein, it uses a messenger molecule that carries the genetic information to a protein factory called a ribosome.

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