Do genes continue for generatins?

Question: Do genes continue for generatins?
- Keywords:
  gene,
  generation
Asked by 356gnmc35 to Sharon on 8 Mar 2017.
- Xueyuan Jiang answered on 8 Mar 2017:
  
  Yes they do!
  
  Genes are certain parts of our genome. Like all the other parts, they are passed on to the next generation. Ideally, they would always remain the same. However, mutation can happen, which means that someone’s gene can be a little different than the his/her parents’ gene.