• Question: why do people look different

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      Asked by Mim to Alex on 17 Mar 2015.
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        Alexander Henderson answered on 17 Mar 2015:


        Everyone has the necessary genes, encoded by their DNA, to make them a human being. There is some opportunity for variation though and these are represented through hair and eye colour or facial features.

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