stackyFACTSYour genetic code is basically a terrified college student frantically running spell-check. Specialized enzymes constantly travel up and down the DNA strands, aggressively snipping out terrible genetic typos and replacing them before a single misplaced letter causes a complete systemic catastrophic failure.
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