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Give a technical term to a specific part of a chromosome that determines hereditary characteristics.


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Genes are the specific part of a chromosome that determines hereditary characteristics.

Genes:

  1. Gene is the functional and physical unit of heredity.
  2. Genes code for specific proteins that help to express the traits.
  3. Made up of nucleotides.


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