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DNA is made up of genes or genes are made up of DNA?


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Gene:

  1. It is the fundamental and functional unit of heredity.
  2. Genes are formed of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).
  3. The organic molecule, which comprises genetic instructions and information for the synthesis of protein is DNA.
  4. Some of the genes function as instructions to produce molecules known as proteins.
  5. In humans, the size of genes differs from a few hundred DNA bases to more than two million bases.
  6. All the genes do not code for proteins.
  7. Generally, the genes are organized and packaged in components known as chromosomes.

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