CELL DIVISION
MEIOSIS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the genetic makeup of a chromsomes.
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the genes that make up an organism.
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the locations of a specific set of genes.
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the sum of an organism’s physical traits.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Expert-Verified Answer. The phrase ‘the genes that make up an organism’ BEST describes the term genome. The genome contains all genes of a cell. The genome can be defined as all genetic information (DNA) contained in the cells of an organism.
Detailed explanation-2: -This makes up about 99 percent of our DNA. Together, all this coding and noncoding DNA make up our complete set of DNA that we call the genome. Therefore, the response that best describes what a genome is is given by answer choice (E): all the DNA within an organism.
Detailed explanation-3: -In a broad sense, the term “genotype” refers to the genetic makeup of an organism; in other words, it describes an organism’s complete set of genes.
Detailed explanation-4: -DNA is the information molecule for all living organisms. All of the DNA of an organism is called its genome. Some genomes are incredibly small, such as those found in viruses and bacteria, whereas other genomes can be almost unexplainably large, such as found in some plants.
Detailed explanation-5: -Definitions. Gene: a short section of DNA. Chromosome: a package of genes and other bits of DNA and proteins. Genome: an organism’s complete set of DNA.