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  Most of us are aware of our direct impact on the environment, but we may also be affected by it. We are not just discussing how tectonic activity, wildfires, and storms may harm people; we're also discussing how the environment can alter your DNA. Do you believe that it works? For the moment, we are The Fackin' English which feels free to provide you with some information for answering the question, "Can Environment change your DNA?"   To begin with, we first investigate what environmental variables contribute to this alteration in the first place if we are to comprehend how the environment affects specific components of our DNA.   What environmental factors affect DNA?   To clarify, it is not our DNA gene sequences that affect our environment but our gene expression. Gene expression refers to how genes function, not how genes are. In comparison, we might believe that DNA is the hardware and gene expression is the software. Software decides how tha...

  Can the Environment change your DNA? What is DNA? Deoxyribonucleic acid (abbreviated DNA) is the molecule that carries the genetic information for the development and functioning of an organism. DNA is made of two linked strands that wind around each other to resemble a twisted ladder — a shape known as a double helix. Each strand has a backbone made of alternating sugar (deoxyribose) and phosphate groups. Attached to each sugar is one of four bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), or thymine (T). The two strands are connected by chemical bonds between the bases: adenine bonds with thymine, and cytosine bonds with guanine. The sequence of the bases along DNA’s backbone encodes biological information, such as the instructions for making a protein or RNA molecule. Can DNA be changed by the environment? While the sequence of DNA may not be affected by your environment, the way genes work—called gene expression—can.   Think of DNA as a computer’s hardware; there may be s...