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Epigenetic differences in Andean highlanders — Level A1 — A view of a mountain with snow on it

Epigenetic differences in Andean highlandersCEFR A1

30 Dec 2025

Adapted from Emory University, Futurity CC BY 4.0

Photo by Anees Ur Rehman, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
1 min
49 words
  • People live in the high Andes.
  • Life there has low oxygen and cold.
  • Scientists looked at DNA in people.
  • They studied two Indigenous groups.
  • One group lives high and one low.
  • They found different DNA signals.
  • These signals can change gene activity.
  • Changes may help with blood and arteries.

Difficult words

  • scientistperson who studies nature or science
    Scientists
  • indigenousoriginal people of a place or region
  • oxygengas in air people need to breathe
  • genesmall part of cells that gives instructions
  • signalsign that shows information or a change
    signals
  • arteryblood vessel that carries blood from heart
    arteries

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Discussion questions

  • Would you like to live high in the mountains?
  • Do you live in a high or low place?
  • Have you heard about DNA before?

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