Biology
Grade-8
Easy
Question
What is the structural and functional unit of heredity?
- Gene
- DNA
- RNA
- Chromosome
Hint:
Unit of heredity contains two alleles.
The correct answer is: Gene
- Genes are the structural and functional units of heredity.
- Genes are sequence of nucleotides which code for a specific trait.
- Genes are present in a DNA at specific locations called as locus.
- A gene has two alleles which represent two different variations of a character.
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