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What is a gene?

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Gene is the appearance or characteristics that are seen in an organism, It is also an organism's allele combination and a segment of DNA that is the basic unit of heredity

Explanation:

Gene is defined as a unit of heredity by which genetic information is transferred from parents to its offspring. The genes are present on the chromosomes as bead-like structures. Genes are made up of DNA sequence which dictates specific protein to be made in organisms. Genes are responsible for all the inherited characters in an organism.

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