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May 2018
40m 29s

Sawbones: DNA Testing

Justin McElroy, Dr. Sydnee McElroy
About this episode
This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin hunt for the the soccer gene as they talk about the modern trend of DNA testing and read their own results for the first time on the show! Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers 
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