What is a gene? PLEASEEEEEEEE ANSWER FASTTTTTT

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(in technical use) a distinct sequence of nucleotides forming part of a chromosome, the order of which determines the order of monomers in a polypeptide or nucleic acid molecule which a cell (or virus) may synthesize.

RSB [31]3 years ago

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A gene is (in informal use) a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

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