Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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by Tim Upperton; illustration by Paul Beavis
I look at my dad’s chin. His chins. Are those chins in my future? I worry about my genes. Is my throat getting soft? A little flaccid? I pinch it. I’m not too sure. Those chins might be in my DNA, which is a lot easier to say than deoxyribonucleic acid.