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OverLord2011 [107]
4 years ago
8

If DNA can be described as the instruction book for building an organism, which phrase best describes a gene?

Biology
1 answer:
Whitepunk [10]4 years ago
4 0

Answer: Option C) A sentence in the instruction book

Explanation:

A gene is a specific portion on the DNA that code for a functional protein. i.e DNA consists of several genes, and some non-coding sequences that are usually spliced off during post-translational modification.

In other words, a gene can be best described as each single, meaningful sentence in the instruction book for building an organism.

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