1. But their genes tell a different story. 2. Any one gene can only tell a minor part of the somber tale of madness. 3. After that, our genes are telling us, we are on our own. 4. But genes tell a very different story. 5. Developmental genes are probably telling the cells to grow this way. 6. Other genes tell a story of responses to culture. 7. Specifically, each gene tells the cells how to build a protein, and proteins, in turn, are the agents that do work in the body. 8. The gene tells the cell to make a protein called rim, which is found in the outer portion of the rods in the retina. 9. A gene tells the body how to make it, and some studies have suggested that a certain version of this gene may predispose some people to alcoholism. 10. In addition, an organism is actually built and controlled by the proteins its genes tell it to make. |