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The Gene: An Intimate History

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From executive producer Ken Burns comes powerful personal stories and stunning breakthroughs in the search for the human genome and the promise it brings for modern research. Based on Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee's 2016 book of the same name, the two-part series focuses on how genes impact heredity, disease and behavior.