What Are the Other Eight Quarks?

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Every one of those four quarks that we've already learned has three generations. The electron, the muon, and the tau neutrino also have their own generations. Electrons carry a charge; electromagnetism operates on electrons. Gravity is missing from our understanding because it's not accounted for by standard model.

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