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Episode 3 Preview | The Final Countdown
S1 E3 - 30s
Meet the miracle that is you. See how your time in the womb, as your senses mature, has determined your destiny on the outside. Survey the latest epigenetic research that shows how the womb environment leaves its mark, even altering your DNA.
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Episode 2 Preview | One of a Kind
S1 E2 - 30s
Learn how you became the unique individual you are. No two people—even “identical” twins—are identical. Through riveting examples, explore how your face was shaped, why you’re likely right-handed, even how your sexuality formed.
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The Da Silva Family
S1 - 2m 35s
Meet the Da Silvas in Brazil. In their family, a genetic mutation from generations ago causes half of them to grow 6 digits on each hand. Something they celebrate and cherish.
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The Risk Taker
S1 - 2m 46s
Laird Hamilton's desire for risk taking may have been influenced by the amount of testosterone he was exposed to during the fifth month in the womb.
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The Ice Storm
S1 - 3m 16s
Dr. Suzanne King has devised a decades-long study of the worst ice storm in recent Canadian history to better understand how unborn children are affected by stress.
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The Gambia Longevity Study
S1 - 2m 36s
In Gambia an extraordinary 70-year long study has been looking into the seasonal effects of life expectancy - and it has some shocking results. Babies conceived during the dry months are seven times more likely to die in young adulthood than those conceived when it’s wet. And this extraordinary difference may be all down to what a mother – and therefore her fetus - is eating.
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Jonny’s Story
S1 - 2m 2s
Jonny is one of a small group of people in the Dominican Republic known as 'guevedoces', who are born looking like girls but grow up to become men, all because of a misfiring of the gender defining hormone testosterone long before birth.
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The Color Blind Island
S1 - 2m 38s
A typhoon in the 1770's nearly wiped out the population of Pingelap. The small gene pool has lead to color-blindness spreading throughout 10 percent of the population.
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Preview
S1 - 30s
Discover the story of how you were made, from the moment of conception to the moment of birth 280 days later. Follow the gestation process, the most exquisite biological choreography found in nature.
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Building a Body
S1 - 2m 53s
Melanie Gaydos has a genetic condition called Ectodermal Dysplasia, which interfered with the process of cell differentiation incredibly early in her life in the womb, but this has not stopped her fulfilling her dream of becoming an internationally recognized model.
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Making A Face
S1 - 2m 34s
Face formation is complex - the upper lip comes from 3 sheets of tissue which must fuse by the 8th week. Baby Oliver's parents decide he will undergo surgery to repair his cleft lip when he is 3 months old.
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Epigenetics: How Does the Environment Affect Genes?
S1 - 2m 16s
Lal and Freddie have similar lifestyles, but their mothers had different diets. That may have programmed their metabolisms long before they were born.
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