A Journey into Genetics

The chapter chronicles the speaker's early influences from their parents, educational experiences, and passion for baseball. It explores their introduction to genetics during their undergraduate years, detailing their involvement in research on sequencing the X chromosome at WashU. The chapter delves into the pivotal role the speaker played in genetically mapping a gene associated with a human overgrowth syndrome and their decision to transition from academia to the industry for applying genetic research to human diseases.