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Vaselesa [24]
3 years ago
10

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Chemistry
1 answer:
olchik [2.2K]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

Explanation:

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