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🧬 Build-a-Creature

Every living thing is built from genes — tiny instructions written in DNA. Pick real genes below and watch your creature come to life. Then print it to take home!

My Creature

MC1R · GoldenOCA2 · BrownKIT · PlainFGF5 · SleekCLOCK · Early Bird

Built at MyGeneCode Discovery · every trait is a real gene 🧬

🧬 MC1R

Coat Color

A real gene that helps decide hair, fur, and skin color — even red hair and freckles!

🧬 OCA2

Eye Color

OCA2 helps make the color of your eyes — brown, amber, green, or blue.

🧬 KIT

Spots & Patches

The KIT gene can sprinkle white spots and patches onto fur.

🧬 FGF5

Fur Style

FGF5 decides short, sleek fur or long, fluffy fur.

🧬 CLOCK

Early Bird or Night Owl?

The CLOCK gene runs your body's daily rhythm — up with the sun, or wide awake at night.

Every gene here is real — the same code that shapes you, your pets, and every living thing. 🌍