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Unit 19: Reproductive system physiology
About this unit
Our genes are survivors. Some of your genes are exactly the same as the ones your great-great-great-grandmother had! But how did they get to you? Starting with sexual reproduction and ending with the development of a baby, we’re going to journey from our own microscopic beginning to a fully formed infant entering the world.