By 
Joe Hanson
 | 
TED-Ed Original

DNA: The book of you

Your body is made of cells -- but how does a single cell know to become part of your nose instead of your toes? The answer is in your body's instruction book: DNA. Joe Hanson compares DNA to a detailed manual for building a person out of cells -- with 46 chapters (chromosomes) and hundreds of thousands of pages covering every part of you.

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