Genetics Personal Statement

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For this I am going to back to my ninth grade biology class. Part way through that class we started talking about genetics. That is what helped to fuel my desire to study molecular biology and hopefully get my Ph.D.one day in genetics. When we talked about genetics it was only on a basic sense but it drove me to learn more outside of the classroom. I was able to apply my newfound knowledge to my chickens that I recently began breeding. There is a lot more to breeding chickens that just putting some birds together and hatching their eggs. Each breed has their own standard of perfection that they have to bred to. I'm hoping to be able to apply my genetics knowledge that I learned in high school and that I will learn in college to my

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