Summary
The jump can give the new animal new abilities, like resisting germs 🦠.
Key Points
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Genes can move between different species.
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This movement is called a jumping gene.
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Studying it helps us learn how diseases spread.
New Words to Learn
6 wordsgene
a tiny part of the instruction book that tells how a living thing works
predator
an animal that hunts and eats other animals
prey
the animal that is hunted
germ
a tiny living thing that can make you sick
antibiotic resistance
when germs learn how to survive medicines that usually kill them
cancer
a sickness where cells grow out of control
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