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Fact Sheet - Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke - Smoking & Tobacco Use

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Secondhand smoke contains more than 7000 chemicals. Hundreds are toxic and about 70 can cause cancer.

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NHGRI

Chromosomes Fact Sheet

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Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells.

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Cloning Fact Sheet

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Cloning describes a number of different processes that can be used to produce genetically identical copies of a biological entity. The copied material, which has the same genetic makeup as the original, is referred to as a clone.

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Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Fact Sheet

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule which contains the biological instructions that make each species unique. DNA, along with the instructions it contains, is passed from adult organisms to their offspring during reproduction.

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Genome-Wide Association Studies Fact Sheet

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A genome-wide association study is an approach that involves rapidly scanning markers across the complete sets of DNA, or genomes, of many people to find genetic variations associated with a particular disease.

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Knockout Mice Fact Sheet

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A knockout mouse is a laboratory mouse in which researchers have inactivated, or "knocked out," an existing gene by replacing it or disrupting it with an artificial piece of DNA.

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